Burgos In The Peninsular War 1808 1814
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Author |
: C. Esdaile |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2014-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137432902 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113743290X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Burgos in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 by : C. Esdaile
For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2,000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure.
Author |
: Carole Divall |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 397 |
Release |
: 2013-01-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783378661 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783378662 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wellington's Worst Scrape by : Carole Divall
The disastrous retreat and near disintegration of Sir John Moores army on the road to Corunna in 1809 is traditionally regarded as the low point in the history of the British intervention in the Peninsular War. Yet under the Duke of Wellington, the British and their allies suffered defeats and retreats that tend to be overshadowed by the series of victories that eventually drove the French from Portugal and Spain. None of these setbacks was graver than the retreat that followed the disastrous failure of the siege of Burgos in 1812. It is this, less than glorious, phase of the Peninsular campaign that is the subject of Carole Divalls latest study of the British army of the Napoleonic Wars.By reconstructing events in close detail, and by bringing together [many] primary sources, she gives a vivid account of what happened and why. Wellington himself recognized the mistakes and miscalculations that led to the potentially catastrophic situation in which he placed his men. He described it as his worst scrape. Yet most of the letters, journals and memoirs that have survived praise the skill with which he saved Britain's only army from disaster. Carole Divall weaves together Wellingtons dispatches with the eyewitness testimony left by British and Portuguese officers and men, by civilians, and by the French. A fascinating, multi-layered impression emerges of the siege of Burgos itself and the sequence of maneuvers that preceded it. She describes in authentic detail the tense decision-making and the misjudgments that were made on the allied side and the headlong retreat that followed as the British fled from two French armies that threatened to trap and destroy them.Carole Divalls in-depth study of a pivotal and neglected episode in the Peninsular War gives a fascinating insight into the character of the fighting, at every level, and into the strengths and weaknesses of Wellingtons command.
Author |
: Charles Oman |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 836 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: PRNC:32101075723047 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War by : Charles Oman
Author |
: Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:271110811 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War by : Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Author |
: Alexander Innes Shand |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 1898 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015063614633 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The War in the Peninsula, 1808-1814 by : Alexander Innes Shand
Author |
: Charles Oman |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 844 |
Release |
: 1902 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044004634531 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War: September 1, 1812 to August 5, 1813: the siege of Burgos, the retreat from Burgos, the campaign of Vittoria, the battle of the Pyrenees by : Charles Oman
Author |
: D.J. Goodspeed |
Publisher |
: Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2023-05-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781667623566 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1667623567 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British Campaigns in the Peninsula 1808-1814 by : D.J. Goodspeed
This book was originally prepared on behalf of the Directorate of Military Training to be used as a text for officers’ study courses. It covers the rise of Napoleon to the battle of Toulouse and the end of the war.
Author |
: Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1853672262 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781853672262 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War: September 1, 1812 to August 5, 1813: the siege of Burgos, the retreat from Burgos, the campaign of Vittoria, the battle of the Pyrenees by : Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Author |
: Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 878 |
Release |
: 1829 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B765912 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Narrative of the Peninsular War, from 1808 to 1813 by : Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry
Author |
: Charles Oman |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:95015735 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Peninsular War: September 1, 1812 to August 5, 1813 : the siege of Burgos, the retreat from Burgos, the campaign of Vittoria, the battles of the Pyrenees by : Charles Oman