Peninsular Sketches Volume 2

Author : W. H. Maxwell
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781503058

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Peninsular Sketches - Volume 2 by W. H. Maxwell Pdf

Volume 2 of 2. Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington's army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of ‘Peninsular Sketches' are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful and well-regarded Anglo-Irish military historian and writer who may well have served in the Peninsular himself, they are now published in a modern revised edition. Volume One of this smart and conveniently sized re-print includes a lengthy and learned introduction by the modern military historian Stanley Monick, which comprises a biography of Maxwell himself, an outline of the course of the war, as well as well-informed notes and a commentary on the sketches themselves. Both volumes also have full indexes compiled by Dr Monick. Volume Two follows the course of the war from the capture of Madrid, Wellington’s victory at Vittoria and the British army’s passage over the Pyrenees and its final triumphal march to Toulouse. Long out of print, and a rare collector’s item in the antiquarian book market; these fascinating volumes are now within the price range of every enthusiast of the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare generally. For the serious student of the subject these are not to be missed.

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230444742

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Peninsular Sketches; by Actors on the Scene by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ... On the morning of the 22nd of June, 1813, the atmosphere was overcast, and being without either cloaks or blankets to cover us, our uniforms were very damp, owing to the heavy dew which had fallen during the night; notwithstanding, we arose from the ground exceedingly refreshed, and gazed around, in mute amazement, at the prodigious wreck of plundered Spain, for beneath the French caissons, tumbrils, and brass cannon, lay scattered los dolilones de oro, of the same virgin gold which had been extracted in former times from the peaceful incas of the New World, by those vindictive Spanish adventurers, whose avaricious veins boiled at that epoch with the hot blood of the Moors. At nine o'clock the rolling of the tenor and bass drums, and the clank of cymbals, beating the marching time, announced that the leading regiments of the division were in motion for the purpose of following the enemy. During the rest of the day we marched through a valley, enclosed by highlands, but did not overtake the enemy; the corn was trampled down in many places, which shewed they had moved in three columns, wherever the ground would admit of it. Soon after dark, the division bivouacked in a wood; a drizzling rain began to fall, and we lay down under a tree to enjoy a nap, until the arrival of our sumpter mules, heavily laden with flour and live stock, which we had industriously scraped together from the refuse of Vittoria's field. At midnight we were awoke, with keen appetites, by the wellknown neighing of the horses, and braying of donkeys; but none of the baggage animals came our way, and during our anxious and broken slumbers the night passed away, and the morning was ushered in by a sweeping rain, which thoroughly saturated the.troops before they began...

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : SRLF:AA0008670960

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Peninsular Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:838024473

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Peninsular Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : W. H. Maxwell
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781503034

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Peninsular Sketches - Volume 1 by W. H. Maxwell Pdf

Volume 1 of 2. Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington's army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of ‘Peninsular Sketches' are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful and well-regarded Anglo-Irish military historian and writer who may well have served in the Peninsular himself, they are now published in a modern revised edition. Volume One of this smart and conveniently sized re-print includes a lengthy and learned introduction by the modern military historian Stanley Monick, which comprises a biography of Maxwell himself, an outline of the course of the war, as well as well-informed notes and a commentary on the sketches themselves. Both volumes also have full indexes compiled by Dr Monick. Volume One of the sketches give us raw material from such events as the storming of the fortress of Ciudad Roderigo and the sack of Badajoz as well as the great victory at Salamanca. Long out of print, and a rare collector’s item in the antiquarian book market; these fascinating volumes are now within the price range of every enthusiast of the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare generally. For the serious student of the subject these are not to be missed.

Author : William H. Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10456308

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Peninsular Sketches by William H. Maxwell Pdf

Author : Will. Ham Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:162581507

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Peninsular Sketches: by Actors on the Scene by Will. Ham Maxwell Pdf

Author : W. H. Maxwel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 184342312X

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Peninsular Sketches; By Actors on the Scene. Volume Two by W. H. Maxwel Pdf

Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington's army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of 'Peninsular Sketches' are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful and well-regarded Anglo-Irish military historian and writer who may well have served in the Peninsular himself, they are now published in a modern revised edition. Volume One of this smart and conveniently sized re-print includes a lengthy and learned introduction by the modern military historian Stanley Monick, which comprises a biography of Maxwell himself, an outline of the course of the war, as well as well-informed notes and a commentary on the sketches themselves. Both volumes also have full indexes compiled by Dr Monick.Volume One of the sketches give us raw material from such events as the storming of the fortress of Ciudad Roderigo and the sack of Badajoz as well as the great victory at Salamanca. Volume Two follows the course of the war from the capture of Madrid, Wellington's victory at Vittoria and the British army's passage over the Pyrenees and its final triumphal march to Toulouse.Long out of print, and a rare collector's item in the antiquarian book market; these fascinating volumes are now within the price range of every enthusiast of the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare generally. For the serious student of the subject these are not to be missed.

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : HARVARD:HNXZ34

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Peninsular Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : OCLC:15086056

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Peninsular Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : Captain Lewis Butler
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781490891

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Wellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 Vol 2 by Captain Lewis Butler Pdf

Written almost a century after the events they describe, Lewis Butler's two volumes on Wellington's Peninsula War campaigns have rightly been judged a classic of military history. The story of how the Iron Duke turned disaster into triumph, and defeat into a final victory, has surely never been told with more authority. Volume Two begins with Wellington besieging and storming Badajoz and Ciudad Roderigo. These successes are followed by the difficult but decisive campaign culminating in Wellington's victory over Marshal Marmont at Salamanca and his entry into Madrid. After a difficult winter, Wellington once again resumes the offensive, defeats Marshal Soult at Vitoria and chases him over the Pyrenees and out of Spain. But Soult's stubborn resistance continues at the battles of Nivelle, the Nive, and Orthez as the fighting moves towards Toulouse where Wellington fights his final, victoriuous battle of the war as news of Napoleon's abdication arrives. Both volumes are liberally illustrated with maps and sketches of the battles and other operations. What Napoleon called his 'Spanish ulcer' has never been more minutely described and dissected, with the author paying a military man's due attention to the sinews of war as well as to the action.

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908902498

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Peninsular Sketches; by Actors on the Scene. by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Despite the rather prosaic title, these two volumes contain some of the best eye-witness accounts of the Peninsular War. Maxwell wrote a number of books on the Napoleonic Wars himself, the research for which put him in contact with numerous ex-soldiers. In these two volumes, he assembled their accounts and published them as a collection. The accounts are not published in chronological order, but this does not detract from their value: the recollections are taken not just from the officers involved, but also the rank and file soldiers. In this first volume you will find the following narratives:— Leaves From The Journal Of A Veteran. The British Cavalry On The Peninsula. The British Campaign Of 1809; Under Sir A. Wellesley. Recollections In Quarters. Affair Of El Bodon. The Capture Of Ciudad Rodrigo. The Storming Of Badajoz. From The Journal Of Lieut. P. K., 88th Regt. The Storming Of Badajoz. The Battle Of Salamanca. Events Subsequent To The Battle And Advance From Salamanca. Advance From Salamanca. William Hamilton Maxwell was an Irish author of prodigious output: his output was varied from historical novels and biographies to local legends of the Cheviots and Irish travelogues. The author’s history is slightly shrouded, although he seems to have had some military background in British service. His most enduring works, however, are those he wrote on the military history of the Napoleonic Wars: his biography of the Duke of Wellington is still frequently referred to and quoted from. Author/Editor — William Hamilton Maxwell (1792-1850)

Author : Guy Dempsey
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399066440

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Albuera Eyewitness by Guy Dempsey Pdf

On 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War’s most bloody and desperate battles. A combined Spanish, British and Portuguese force of more than 30,000 men, under the command of Lord Beresford, stubbornly blocked the march of the French field marshal Soult, who was trying to reach the fortress of Badajoz, twelve miles to the north. However, after suffering losses of up to 7,000 men during the fighting, Wellington declared that, ‘Another such battle will ruin us’. One British regiment, the 57th Foot, suffered casualties of more than 50 per cent. Similarly, the French fought with enormous tenacity, and sustained almost equally heavy losses. The stories from those who fought in the battle on both sides make for both chilling and inspiring reading. These contemporaneous accounts include letters, diaries, official correspondence, army records, maps, newspaper reports and memoirs totaling over 100 contemporary accounts of the battle. They range from the comprehensive after-action reports of the British, Portuguese, Spanish and French commanders to casualty and prisoner lists and to recollections of individual soldiers from all the combatant armies. The purpose of this book is to tell the story of the battle exclusively by way of these primary sources, with English translations for foreign language sources, along with, in each case, a commentary identifying the source and its context. The heart of the work will be a vast number of first-hand accounts providing astonishing details of the intense fighting including the heroism of the Spanish troops, the massacre of Colborne’s brigade by Polish lancers, Beresford’s near-fatal indecisiveness, and the heroic charge of the Fusilier brigade. This presentation allows readers avid for detailed historical information to draw their own conclusions about how the events of the battle unfolded.

Author : W. Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1843421844

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Peninsular Sketches - By Actors on the Scene by W. Maxwell Pdf

Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington s army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of Peninsular Sketches are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful and well-regarded Anglo-Irish military historian and writer who may well have served in the Peninsular himself, they are now published in a modern revised edition. Volume One of this smart and conveniently sized re-print includes a lengthy and learned introduction by the modern military historian Stanley Monick, which comprises a biography of Maxwell himself, an outline of the course of the war, as well as well-informed notes and a commentary on the sketches themselves. Both volumes also have full indexes compiled by Dr Monick. Volume One of the sketches give us raw material from such events as the storming of the fortress of Ciudad Roderigo and the sack of Badajoz as well as the great victory at Salamanca. Volume Two follows the course of the war from the capture of Madrid, Wellington s victory at Vittoria and the British army s passage over the Pyrenees and its final triumphal march to Toulouse. Long out of print, and a rare collector s item in the antiquarian book market; these fascinating volumes are now within the price range of every enthusiast of the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare generally. For the serious student of the subject these are not to be missed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590233243

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The Literary annual register, and catalogue raisonné of new publications [afterw.] Churton's literary register and London miscellany by Anonim Pdf