Peninsular Sketches - Volume 2 / W. H. Maxwell (author)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

W. H. Maxwell (author)

Series:

Peninsular Sketches

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battles of the Pyrenees.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814.

Peninsular war.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Andrews UK 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front Matter

Frontispiece

Title Page

Body Matter

March to Madrid, and Retreat from Burgos

The Battle of Vittoria

Advance from Vittoria

The Battles of the Pyrenees

The British Cavalry on the Peninsula

The Action in Front of Bayonne

"Take the Hill Before Dark!"

Reminiscences of Bayonne

A Night in the Peninsular War

Recollections of the Late War in Spain and Portugal

Recollections of the Peninsula

Dolores

Journey to Head-Quarters Near Burgos

Seven Weeks' Captivity in St. Sebastian, in 1813

Arroyo de Molino

The Twenty-ninth at Albuera

Out-post Anecdotes, etc.

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781283693738

1283693739

9781781503058

1781503052

OCLC:

819592703