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Book Synopsis The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by London : T. Fisher Unwin. This book was released on 1890 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis All for the King's Shilling by : Edward J Coss
Download or read book All for the King's Shilling written by Edward J Coss and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain These men depended on the king’s shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army. Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon’s battle-hardened troops. The first work to closely examine the social composition of Wellington’s rank and file through the lens of military psychology, All for the King’s Shilling transcends the Napoleonic battlefield to help explain the motivation and behavior of all soldiers under the stress of combat.
Book Synopsis The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Despatches, Correspondence and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book Despatches, Correspondence and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A letter ... to ... the duke of Wellington [replying to charges against D. O'Connell by the duke in the House of lords.]. by : Daniel O'Connell
Download or read book A letter ... to ... the duke of Wellington [replying to charges against D. O'Connell by the duke in the House of lords.]. written by Daniel O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G. by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G. written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Late Lord by : Jacqueline Reiter
Download or read book The Late Lord written by Jacqueline Reiter and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham is one of the most enigmatic and overlooked figures of early nineteenth century British history. The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as 'the late Lord Chatham', the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition, whose inactivity and incompetence turned what should have been an easy victory into a disaster. Chatham's poor reputation obscures a fascinating and complex man. During a twenty-year career at the heart of government, he served in several important cabinet posts such as First Lord of the Admiralty and Master-General of the Ordnance. Yet despite his closeness to the Prime Minister and friendship with the Royal Family, political rivalries and private tragedy hampered his ascendance. Paradoxically for a man of widely admired diplomatic skills, his downfall owed as much to his personal insecurities and penchant for making enemies as it did to military failure. Using a variety of manuscript sources to tease Chatham from the records, this biography peels away the myths and places him for the first time in proper familial, political, and military context. It breathes life into a much-maligned member of one of Britain's greatest political dynasties, revealing a deeply flawed man trapped in the shadow of his illustrious relatives.
Book Synopsis Warhorses of Letters by : Robert Hudson
Download or read book Warhorses of Letters written by Robert Hudson and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's first gay, equine, military, epistolary romance. Newly discovered letters written from Wellington's warhorse (Marengo) to Napoleon's warhorse (Copenhagen) and vice versa. Includes extra material not featured in the Radio 4 series, both elements of the letters cut from the final scripts and additional material not featured in the shows at all, including the letters from Marengo to his hygienist and the horse he plays chess with, and the notes between Copenhagen and the annoying dog he has to share a stall with. Initially written as a series of letters between the authors (each choosing a stretch of the Napoleonic wars between them to examine and write into the most recent letter). They were then performed with great success at the Tall Tales evenings in Kilburn until the letters were picked up by the BBC for broadcast in autumn 2011.
Book Synopsis The Writings of Charles Dickens by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book The Writings of Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.: 1929-1830 by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.: 1929-1830 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington ... by : Arthur Wellesley “of” Wellington
Download or read book Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington ... written by Arthur Wellesley “of” Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.: 1827-1828 by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.: 1827-1828 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wellington's Two-Front War by : Joshua Moon
Download or read book Wellington's Two-Front War written by Joshua Moon and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Wellesley's 1808–1814 campaigns against Napoleon's forces in the Iberian Peninsula have drawn the attention of scholars and soldiers for two centuries. Yet, until now, no study has focused on the problems that Wellesley, later known as the Duke of Wellington, encountered on the home front before his eventual triumph beyond the Pyrenees. In Wellington's Two-Front War, Joshua Moon not only surveys Wellington's command of British forces against the French but also describes the battles Wellington fought in England—with an archaic military command structure, bureaucracy, and fickle public opinion. In this detailed and accessible account, Moon traces Wellington's command of British forces during the six years of warfare against the French. Almost immediately upon landing in Portugal in 1808, Wellington was hampered by his government's struggle to plan a strategy for victory. From that point on, Moon argues, the military's outdated promotion system, political maneuvering, and bureaucratic inertia—all subject to public opinion and a hostile press—thwarted Wellington's efforts, almost costing him the victory. Drawing on archival sources in the United Kingdom and at the United States Military Academy, Moon goes well beyond detailing military operations to delve into the larger effects of domestic policies, bureaucracy, and coalition building on strategy. Ultimately, Moon shows, the second front of Wellington's "two-front war" was as difficult as the better-known struggle against Napoleon's troops and harsh conditions abroad. As this book demonstrates, it was only through strategic vision and relentless determination that Wellington attained the hard-fought victory. Moon's multifaceted examination of the commander and his frustrations offers valuable insight into the complexities of fighting faraway battles under the scrutiny at home of government agencies and the press—issues still relevant today.
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of the ... Duke of Wellington: by Lieut. Colonel Williams. Comprising the Campaigns and Battle-fields of Wellington and His Comrades, Etc. (Vol. 3: the Political Life of the Duke; by T. Gaspey.). by : William Freke WILLIAMS
Download or read book The Life and Times of the ... Duke of Wellington: by Lieut. Colonel Williams. Comprising the Campaigns and Battle-fields of Wellington and His Comrades, Etc. (Vol. 3: the Political Life of the Duke; by T. Gaspey.). written by William Freke WILLIAMS and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 1815, the Waterloo Campaign : the German Victory by : Peter Hofschröer
Download or read book 1815, the Waterloo Campaign : the German Victory written by Peter Hofschröer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- Demonstrates the decisive German contribution to victory at Waterloo -- Unpublished German eyewitness accounts and regimental reports -- Covers the battles of Waterloo, Wavre and the taking of Paris Peter Hofschroer, in this second volume of his masterly study of 1815, challenges the accepted version of events at the battle of Waterloo. He demonstrates convincingly that Allied victory was due not to steadfast British infantry repelling the French, but to the timely arrival of Prussian troops who stole victory from Napoleon and sealed the fate of the last Grande Armee. Drawing on previously unpublished accounts, Hofschroer gives not only the Prussian perspective of their march to Waterloo and decisive attack on Napoleon's flank, but also details of the actions fought by some of the 25,000 Germans in Wellington's 'British' army -- more than a third of the Duke's force. A gripping narrative of astonishing detail captures such key episodes of Waterloo as La Haye Sainte, Papelotte, Hougoumont and the Prussian struggle with the Imperial Guard for Plancenoit. In addition, Hofschroer examines the battle at Wavre, the Allied offensive into France, the taking of Paris and the sieges across northern France. 1815: The Waterloo Campaign-The German Victory is a definitive work on an epic confrontation by one of today's leading military writers.
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Book Synopsis Miscellaneous Tales, Sketches, Etc by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book Miscellaneous Tales, Sketches, Etc written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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