Peninsular Sketches - Volume 1.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, W. H.

Series:

Peninsular Sketches, 1

Peninsular Sketches, 1 ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peninsular war, 1807-1814--Great Britain.

Peninsular war, 1807-1814.

Siege warfare.

Local Subjects:

Peninsular war, 1807-1814--Great Britain.

Peninsular war, 1807-1814.

Siege warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Andrews UK, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 conveni

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Introduction to 2002 edition ; Frontispiece ; Introduction ; Body Matter ; The English in Spain ; 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 ; The Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo ; The Storming of Badajoz ; The Storming of Badajoz ; The Battle of Salamaca ; Events Subsequent to the Battle and Advance from Salmanca ; Back Matter ; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781283693622

1283693623

9781781503034

1781503036

OCLC:

819592679