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The Napoleonic wars / J. J. Jenkins.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jenkins, J. J., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Art and the war.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Summary:
Originally published as _Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies From 1799 to 1815 this is one of the most magnificent of all period art books to have been produced.The text is pure British propaganda but is overshadowed by the rarity of the art work.
Contents:
Cover
Book Title
Copyright
The Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies
Contents
The Arms of his Grace the Duke of Wellington
The Storming of Seringapatam, and Death of Tippoo Sultan, 4 May 1799
Defence of the Breach of St Jean D'Acre, 8 May 1799
The Landing of the British Troops in Egypt, 8 March 1801
The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 21 March 1801
The Battle of Maida, 4 July 1806
Storming of Monte Video, 3 February 1807
The Battle of Roleia, 17 August 1808
The Battle of Vimiera, 21 August 1808
The Battle of Corunna, 17 January 1809
The Death of General Sir John Moore, 17 January 1809
The Battle of Grigo, 11 May 1809
The Battle of Salamonda, 16 May 1809
The Battle of Talavera, 28 July 1809
The Battle of Busaço, 27 September 1810
The Battle of Barrosa, 5 March 1811
The Battle of Pombal, 12 March 1811
Defeat of a French Division before Badajos, 25 March 1811
The Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, 5 May 1811
The Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811
Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish Lancer at Albuera, 16 May 1811
The Siege of Badajos, June 1811
Storming of Ciudad Roderigo, 19 January 1812
Storming the Moorish Castle at Badajos, 31 March 1812
The Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812
The Battle of Seville, 27 August 1812
Burning of Moscow, September 1812
Retreat of Buonaparte from Krasnoi, 17 November 1812
Buonaparte's Flight in Disguise from Russia, December 1812
The Battle of Castalla, 13 April 1813
Lord Wellington's Entrance into Salamanca, 20 May 1813
The Battle of Morales, 2 June 1813
Retreat of the French
The Battle of Vittoria - Bringing in the Prisoners, 21 June 1813
The Siege of St Sebastian, July, 1813
The Battle of the Pyrenees, 28 July 1813
Storming of St Sebastian, 31 August 1813.
The Death of General Moreau, 2 September 1813
The Crossing of the Bidassoa, 7 October 1813
The Battle of Leipsic, 19 October 1813
Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic, 19 October 1813
Retreat of the French from Leipsic, and Burning the Bridge of Elster, October 1813
The Battle of Nivelle, 10 November 1813
The Battle of St Jean de Luz, 10 December 1813
The Attack on the Road to Bayonne, 13 December 1813
The Battle of Orthes, 27 February 1814
Entrance of the Allies into Paris, 31 March 1814
The Battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814
The Sortie from Bayonne, 14 April 1814
The Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 16 and 18 June 1815
Names of Subscribers to the Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-5267-1791-3
1-5267-1790-5
OCLC:
1088326897

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