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Voices from the peninsula : eyewitness accounts by soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808-1814
- Title
- Voices from the peninsula : eyewitness accounts by soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808-1814 / edited by Ian Fletcher.
- Publication
- London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fletcher, Ian, 1957-
- Description
- 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Peninsular War was one of the most successful campaigns ever fought by the British Army. Between 1808 when British troops landed in Portugal, and 1814, when Wellington's army advanced into the south of France, British soldiers were involved in countless battles and sieges against Napoleon's vaunted French veterans." "Drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs, Ian Fletcher presents insight into the daily lives of British soldiers in this momentous period and evokes such key battles and sieges as Vimeiro, Talavera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria and San Sebastian. Ian Fletcher's skilful compilation of accounts, placed in context by important background detail, make this the story of the Peninsular War in the words of the men who marched, fought and triumphed with Wellington."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army > Biography
- Great Britain. Army
- 1789-1820
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 > Personal narratives, British
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 > Participation, British
- Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography
- Military participation > British
- Soldiers
- Spanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
- Erlebnisbericht
- Heer
- Oorlogen
- Great Britain > History, Military > 1789-1820
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Military history.
- Personal narratives – British.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-303).
- Contents
- The Peninsular War -- 1. Rolica and Vimeiro -- 2. The Corunna Campaign -- 3. Oporto and Talavera -- 4. On the Border: The Coa, Agueda and Almeida -- 5. Busaco and the Retreat to Torres Vedras -- 6. Massena's Retreat, Sabugal and Fuentes de Onoro -- 7. Albuera -- 8. The Bloody Sieges: Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz -- 9. Salamanca -- 10. Burgos and Retreat -- 11. Vittoria: The Decisive Campaign -- 12. The Battle of the Pyrenees -- 13. The Invasion of France -- 14. The Nivelle and the Nive -- 15. The Final Battles: Orthes and Toulouse -- 16. The Sortie From Bayonne.
- ISBN
- 1853674591
- 9781853674594
- LCCN
- 2001049989
- OCLC
- ocm48092199
- 48092199
- SCSB-14600618
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library