Wellington S History Of The Peninsular War

Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526737649

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Wellington's History of the Peninsular War by Stuart Reid Pdf

An historic account of the Peninsula War written by the man leading forces against the French, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Though pressed many times to write about his battles and campaigns, the Duke of Wellington always replied that people should refer to his published dispatches. Yet Wellington did, in effect, write a history of the Peninsular War in the form of four lengthy memoranda, summarizing the conduct of the war in 1809, 1810, and 1811 respectively. These lengthy accounts demonstrate Wellington’s unmatched appreciation of the nature of the war in Spain and Portugal, and relate to the operations of the French and Spanish forces as well as the Anglo-Portuguese army under his command. Unlike personal diaries or journals written by individual soldiers, with their inevitably limited knowledge, Wellington was in an unparalleled position to provide a comprehensive overview of the war. Equally, the memoranda were written as the war unfolded, not tainted with the knowledge of hindsight, providing a unique contemporaneous commentary. Brought together by renowned historian Stuart Reid with reports and key dispatches from the other years of the campaign, the result is the story of the Peninsular War told through the writings of the man who knew and understood the conflict in Iberia better than any other. These memoranda and dispatches have never been published before in a single connected narrative. Therefore, Wellington’s History of the Peninsular War 1808-1814 offers a uniquely accessible perspective on the conflict in the own words of Britain’s greatest general.

Author : Julian Paget
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473820661

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Wellington's Peninsular War by Julian Paget Pdf

This history and battlefield guide is an essential reference for anyone visiting the sites of Wellington’s war with Napoleon in Spain and Portugal. Wellington's Peninsular War provides a concise and comprehensive account of the battlefields as they exist today, with historic context and practical details to help readers find and explore them. The Peninsular War of 1808 to 1841 was a major part of the twenty-year struggle against Napoleon Bonaparte’s imperial ambitions. Military historian Julian Paget presents a balanced picture of the conflict, covering the Duke of Wellington’s campaigns as well as the crucially important efforts of the Spanish and Portuguese. Paget begins with an overview of the war and its background, followed by a complete year-by-year account. He then presents a chapter on each of the major battles, includes maps and photographs of the battlefields, orders of battle, and helpful information about the battlefield today. The maps show the ground as it was at the time but also include modern features for easier identification.

Author : Mark S. Thompson
Publisher : From Reason to Revolution
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1914059859

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Wellington and the Lines of Torres Vedras by Mark S. Thompson Pdf

This book describes plans to defend Lisbon from invaders during the Peninsular War 1807-1814. Three different nations considered this challenge. First the French after their invasion of 1807. Second, the Portuguese after the French were ejected in 1808 and third, the British after the French were ejected in 1809.

Author : Julian Pagnet
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844152902

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Wellington's Peninsular War by Julian Pagnet Pdf

Wellington's Peninsular War provides a concise and comprehensive account that can be enjoyed by both professional and amateur historians and which includes details of the battlefields as they are today and how to find and explore them. The Peninsular War (1808-1841) was part of the twenty year struggle against Napoleon Bonaparte that involved campaigns in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, the West Indies, South America and South Africa and until 1914 was known as 'The Great War'. The author has presented a balanced picture of the whole campaign and gives due credit to the Spanish and Portuguese efforts without which victory would not have been possible. Arranged in sections, the author starts with a review of the whole war and the background to it and follows with a complete chronological account of the war year by year. Finally a chapter on each of the major battles includes maps and photographs of the battlefields, orders of battle and instructions on how to find the battlefield today and what to see there. The maps show the ground as it was at the time but also include modern features to identify where the fighting took place enabling the reader to stand where Wellington would have stood when surveying the battlefield.

Author : George Alfred Henty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Courage
ISBN : UOM:39015073479662

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Under Wellington's Command by George Alfred Henty Pdf

Author : August Ludolf Friedrich Schaumann
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784380380

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On The Road With Wellington by August Ludolf Friedrich Schaumann Pdf

As a classic work and out of print for many years, August Schaumann''s diaries provide a graphic and vivi d account of campaigning life during the Peninsular Wars.

Author : Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : UOM:39015036084849

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A History of the Peninsular War by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman Pdf

Author : Jac Weller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : OCLC:1373021567

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Wellington in the Peninsula 1808-1814 by Jac Weller Pdf

Author : G a Henty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798637822126

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Under Wellington's Command by G a Henty Pdf

As many boys into whose hands the present volume may fall will not have read my last year's book, With Moore in Corunna, of which this is a continuation, it is necessary that a few words should be said, to enable them to take up the thread of the story. It was impossible, in the limits of one book, to give even an outline of the story of the Peninsular War, without devoting the whole space to the military operations. It would, in fact, have been a history rather than a tale; and it accordingly closed with the passage of the Douro, and the expulsion of the French from Portugal.

Author : Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman KBE
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782898375

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A History of the Peninsular War, Volume VII: August 1813 to April 14, 1814 by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman KBE Pdf

Illustrated with 18 maps and illustrations The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir Charles Oman's seven-volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants' accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history. Between August 1813 and the end of hostilities in April 1814, Napoleon's forces were finally expelled from the Iberian Peninsula. Wellington's army invaded southern France, only halting its operations when news was received of Napoleon's abdication. The events covered in this volume include the British siege and capture of St Sebastian; the final campaigning in eastern Spain; Wellington's invasion of France; and the last actions of the war in the Battle of Toulouse and the French sortie from Bayonne. A chapter on the place of the Peninsular War in history concludes Oman's monumental work.

Author : John Grehan
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473852754

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The Lines of Torres Vedras by John Grehan Pdf

“This is a well-researched, well-written, closely argued and fascinating contribution to the historiography of the Peninsular War.”—The Spectator In 1809 French armies controlled almost every province of Spain and only Wellington’s small force in Portugal stood between Napoleon and the conquest of Iberia. The French invaded Portugal in the summer of 1810, but found their way blocked by the most extensive field fortifications the world had ever seen—the Lines of Torres Vedras. Unable to penetrate the Lines, the French were driven back into Spain having suffered the heaviest defeat yet experienced by Napoleon’s armies. The retreat from Portugal marked the turning point in the Peninsular War and, from the security of the Lines, Wellington was able to mount the offensive campaigns that swept France’s Imperial armies back across the Pyrenees. The Lines of Torres Vedras is an authoritative account of the planning, construction and occupation of the Lines and of the battles, sieges and horrors of the French invasion. It is also an important study of Wellington’s strategy during the crucial years of the war against Napoleon. “Essential reading for every Peninsula enthusiast, this is recommended highly.”—Military Illustrated

Author : G. A. 1832-1902 Henty
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356220681

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Under Wellington's Command; a Tale of the Peninsular War by G. A. 1832-1902 Henty Pdf

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Author : G a Henty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798637822010

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Under Wellington's Command by G a Henty Pdf

As many boys into whose hands the present volume may fall will not have read my last year's book, With Moore in Corunna, of which this is a continuation, it is necessary that a few words should be said, to enable them to take up the thread of the story. It was impossible, in the limits of one book, to give even an outline of the story of the Peninsular War, without devoting the whole space to the military operations. It would, in fact, have been a history rather than a tale; and it accordingly closed with the passage of the Douro, and the expulsion of the French from Portugal.

Author : Gordon Corrigan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826425904

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Wellington by Gordon Corrigan Pdf

The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 crowned a reputation first won in India at Assaye and then confirmed during the Peninsular War, where he followed up his defence of Portugal by expelling the French from Spain. Gordon Corrigan, himself an ex-soldier, examines his claims to greatness. Wellington was in many ways the first modern general, combining a mastery of logistics with an ability to communicate and inspire. He had to contend not only with enemy armies but also with his political masters and an often sceptical public at home.

Author : Huw J. Davies
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300165401

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Wellington's Wars by Huw J. Davies Pdf

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate--and controversial--new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his nemesis Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man of innate military talent, Huw J. Davies argues. Instead, the key to Wellington's military success was an exceptionally keen understanding of the relationship between politics and war.Drawing on extensive primary research, Davies discusses Wellington's military apprenticeship in India, where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how to plan campaigns, organize and use intelligence, and negotiate with allies. In India Wellington encountered the constant political machinations of indigenous powers, and it was there that he apprenticed in the crucial skill of balancing conflicting political priorities. In later campaigns and battles, including the Peninsular War and Waterloo, Wellington's genius for strategy, operations, and tactics emerged. For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician. This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible--with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements.