Wellington Invades France

Author : Ian Robertson
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015058788814

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Wellington Invades France by Ian Robertson Pdf

A detailed account of Wellington's campaign in the south of France. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and official dispatches, Ian Robertson outlines the nature of the war as well as traces the complicated maneuvering and operations of the British and French armies. He describes in detail such hard-fought actions as the Nivelle, Orthez, Toulouse, and Bayonne and throws light on some less well-known clashes, many of which were fought in the unforgiving terrain of the Pyrenees.

Author : Ian Robertson
Publisher : Frontline
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473883016

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Wellington Invades France by Ian Robertson Pdf

When, in the late summer of 1813, Wellington's troops approached the Pyrenees to enter France, the Peninsular War was far from won. Indeed, with their French adversaries defending their own soil, months of severe, relentless fighting were to follow. In this compelling account of the closing period of the Peninsular War, Ian Robertson records the difficult and brutal fighting which so characterise this phase of a stubborn, six-year conflict. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and official despatches, Ian Robertson outlines the nature of the war as well as tracing the complicated manoeuvring and operations of the British and French armies. He describes in detail such hard-fought actions as at Sorauren, the Nivelle and the last great battle of the war at Toulouse, as well as some less-well-known clashes in the unforgiving terrain of the Pyrenees. For Wellington, as well as his men, the campaign in France was a test of stamina and endurance in hostile territory, and fighting an implacable and energetic foe. Wellington's troops fought hard to win their crown of victories and bring the war to a successful conclusion.

Author : Nick Lipscombe
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1472802772

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Bayonne and Toulouse 1813–14 by Nick Lipscombe Pdf

The news of Wellington's momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached London in early July. The celebration spawned an expectation of a rapid conclusion to events in the Peninsula. His Majesty's Government gave authority for Wellington to invade France and made noises and plans for the redeployment of the Peninsular Army in support of Russia and Prussia. Wellington, however, did not see things in quite the same way. His army was worn out and there remained sizeable French forces in Spain, so what followed had to be a carefully thought out and planned campaign. The invasion of France is a complicated aspect of the culmination of the War in Iberia: indeed many historians consider the invasion and subsequent operations in southern France as separate from the Peninsular War as a whole. The preliminaries include Wellington's need to capture Pamplona and San Sebastian prior to the invasion and Soult's attempts to relieve both garrisons resulting in the Battle of the Pyrenees (July-August) and San Marcial (late August) respectively. The invasion itself commenced with the daring Allied crossing of the Bidassoa estuary in early October 1813 and was followed by an operational pause prior to the Battle of Nivelle in November, another pause to re-group and the subsequent offensives on the River Nive and the Battle of St. Pierre. This phase, and ipso facto the invasion, was complete by mid December 1813. Finally, the subsequent operations, which commenced early in 1814, provided the aftermath to the invasion and the conclusion to the Peninsular War. These actions focus primarily on the investment of Bayonne and the pursuit of Soult's army east, and include the battles and engagements at Garris, Orthez, Aire, Tarbes and the final showdown at Toulouse in April 1814.

Author : F. c. Beatson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 184677294X

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Wellington and the Invasion of France by F. c. Beatson Pdf

As Napoleon's French Army retreated, all hope that it could maintain a hold over the Iberian Peninsula began to fade. By September of 1813 the Allied Army commanded by the 'captain of the age'-the Duke of Wellington-stood on the frontier of France within the area of the estuary of the Bidassoa. Napoleon was being pressed on two fronts, but he still had a large reserve of veteran troops stationed in the south of France to call upon. The time had come to tighten the grip on France. Wellington would now invade it, engage the southern army which it was hoped would spur the Coalition of northern European powers to greater endeavours to bring about its defeat. No longer now an expanding empire, the French were faced with the defence of their own homeland and Wellington was poised for a campaign which would bring a large and prosperous region of it under allied control. It would be a contest bitterly fought as only those with desperate stakes can be. In this, the second of Beatson's series on the fall of Revolutionary France published by Leonaur, the reader is once again taken into the centre of Wellington's strategic and tactical genius. Every action is described in detail and complemented by the voices of the soldiers who experienced those momentous times.

Author : Herbert R. Clinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Europe
ISBN : UVA:X001045460

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The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium by Herbert R. Clinton Pdf

Author : F. C. Beatson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1783313358

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Wellington by F. C. Beatson Pdf

First published in 1925, this rare book recounts the final phase of the Peninsular War when Wellington chased the French across the Pyrenees into France, defeating them again at the Battle of Orthez. Illustrated with early 20th c. photos of the battlefields, and reproduces the Iron Duke's campaign plans and battlefield orders.

Author : F. C. Beatson
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1783315423

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With Wellington in the Pyrenees: Being an Account of the Operations Between the Allied Army and the French from July 25 to August 2 1813 by F. C. Beatson Pdf

This book forms part of General Beatson's trilogy dealing with the campaigns in and around the Pyrenees during late 1813 and 1814. The campaign in south-west France in late 1813 and early 1814 was the final campaign of the Peninsular War. An allied army of British, Portuguese and Spanish soldiers under the command of Wellington fought a string of battles against French forces under the command of the able Soult, from the Iberian Peninsula across the Pyrenees and into south-west France ending with the capture of Toulouse and the besieging of Bayonne. They are rightly acknowledged as the standard works on these campaigns and provide an insight into the later, often ignored stages of the Peninsular War. The other two volumes The Bidassoa and Nivelle and The Crossing of the Gaves & the Battle of Orthez have also been republished by the Naval & Military Press.

Author : F.C. Beatson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1846773253

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Wellington and the Fall of France Volume III by F.C. Beatson Pdf

Wellington's contribution to the end of the Napoleonic Age Napoleon's bright star is fading and following his Russian defeat and further setbacks in Northern Europe his back is against the wall .The great powers are advancing on his borders and the beleaguered French have few resources in men or material that compare to those opposed to them. Now the Emperor must face advancing armies on two fronts-because the war in Spain has been effectively lost and his army under Soult is being pressed back over the borders of the French motherland by the dogged military genius of the Duke of Wellington and his 'Old Peninsula Army', a body of men of whom he would say 'he could go anywhere and do anything ' The mighty barrier of the Pyrenees has been crossed and now the campaign is moving into Southern France where the difficult fighting in the 'gaves' or torrential ravine country of the highlands is taxing for the attacker and favours a desperate defender. The drama is nevertheless drawing to a close as the curtain is about to be drawn on the golden epoch that is the First Empire. Pitched battle lies ahead and at Orthez. This would be a particularly desperate affair as the 'eagles' are finally brought to bay. Only Toulouse would follow and by this time Napoleon would be close to his abdication in Paris. This final chapter of F. C. Beatson's brilliant trilogy shows the 'captain of the age' at his most inspired and makes all three books essential additions to any Peninsular War library.

Author : Herbert Russell Clinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:55790240

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The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium by Herbert Russell Clinton Pdf

Author : Captain Frederick William O. Maycock, D.S.O.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908902573

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The Invasion of France, 1814 by Captain Frederick William O. Maycock, D.S.O. Pdf

Beset along the northern border of France by enemies that out-numbered him by at least five to one, where ordinary generals might have despaired, Napoleon went on to win a remarkable series of victories that recalled the rapidity of his brightest early campaigns. Although not enough to turn the tide of the Allies march on Paris, they are hugely important for the methods used by the Emperor in his last campaign before Waterloo. Turning on isolated parts of the Prussian Field Marshal Blücher’s army, composed of both Russians and Prussians, Napoleon won the battles of Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry and Vauchamps, inflicting nearly 20,000 casualties for a loss of 3,000 of his own men. However, this magic could not last... A well-known and respected writer on the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Maycock’s work is a fine addition to any bookshelf on a much neglected campaign. This book is part of the Special Campaigns series produced around the turn of the 20th century by serving or recently retired British and Indian Army officers. They were intended principally for use by British officers seeking a wider knowledge of military history. Title – The Invasion of France, 1814

Author : Herbert R. Clinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : LCCN:03012673

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The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium by Herbert R. Clinton Pdf

Author : Major-General F. C. Beatson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786256829

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Wellington: Crossing The Gaves And The Battle Of Orthez by Major-General F. C. Beatson Pdf

IN this book an attempt is made to show how the greatest of modern British Generals planned and carried out the first stages in the execution of the task set him by his Government, namely, to make a further advance into French territory, and thereby render efficient co-operation to the armies of the other Great Powers then about to invade Northern and Eastern France. The distance between the two spheres of action was too great to permit the hope of active co-operation between the armies under Wellington and those of Austria, Prussia and Russia. This Wellington recognized, though it does not appear to have been so clearly realized at the headquarters of the allied sovereigns. The co-operation had to be indirect and be worked by preventing Napoleon from calling to himself the large force of veteran soldiers he still had in the south, by pushing back those opposed to the allied armies under Wellington, and so bringing under the latter’s control a large and wealthy area of Southern France, thereby lessening the Emperor’s prestige and imposing on him the loss of considerable resources in men and money, and opening also a field for action against him by the supporters of the Bourbon party. But for Colonel Henderson’s untimely death we should now have a real military life of Wellington. This is not an attempt in any way to fill the gap: but merely to give an example of how that general applied his strategical skill with a highly perfected machine.—Preface.

Author : Ian Robertson
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Generals
ISBN : 186227374X

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A Commanding Presence by Ian Robertson Pdf

The many battles fought by Wellington have always excited interest and controversy. Almost all of the fighting on land between British and French troops during the Napoleonic period took place in Portugal and Spain, and so the extended struggle became known as the "Peninsular War." Few are aware that Wellington's armies were actually engaged with the enemy less than 10 per cent of the time. Much of the campaign was spent finding food and drink for man and beast, and withstanding the severe physical conditions encountered in the Peninsula. The unforgiving climate and mountainous terrain materially affected Wellington's strategy, and it was his commanding presence that enabled the many logistical problems to be over come. In this new study, Ian Robertson draws on many vivid first-hand accounts of campaigning life and places the several stubbornly fought actions in their proper context.

Author : George E. Jaycock
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526733542

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Wellington's Command by George E. Jaycock Pdf

A military historian assesses the leadership style of the man who defeated Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Waterloo cemented his reputation as a great general, and much subsequent writing on his career has taken an uncritical, sometimes chauvinistic view of his talents. Little has been published that fully pins down the reality of Wellington’s leadership, clearly identifying his weaknesses as well as his strengths. George E. Jaycock, in this perceptive and thought-provoking reassessment, does not aim to undermine Wellington’s achievements, but to provide a more nuanced perspective. He clarifies some simple but fundamental truths regarding his leadership and his performance as a commander. Through an in-depth study of his actions over the war years of 1808 to 1815, the author reassesses Wellington’s effectiveness as a commander, the competence of his subordinates, and the qualities of the troops he led. His study gives a fascinating insight into Wellington’s career and abilities. Wellington’s Command is absorbing reading for both military historians and those with an interest in the Napoleonic period.

Author : Robin Neillands
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850529265

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Wellington & Napoleon by Robin Neillands Pdf

Wellington and Napoleon tells the story of the convergence and final clash of two of the most brilliant commanders ever to meet on the field of battle. Wellington, his men said, did not know how to lose a battle. But Wellington himself admired his adversary