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A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV: December 1810 - December 1811: Massena's Retreat, Fuentes De Onoro, Albuera, Tarragona
by Oman, Charles
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- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1853676187
- ISBN 13
- 9781853676185
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About This Item
United Kingdom: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, 2004. New book, 674 pages, 18 maps, 5 illustrations. The 1807-1814 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic necessity to impose his rule over Portugal andSpain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir Charles Oman's seven volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants' accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history. Volume IV covers the period during which Portugal was finally secured from the danger of French conquest. French successes in Spain continued but the army under Massena was forced finally to retreat from Portugal. The Allied offensive began to gather momentum, although their attempt to recapture Badajoz was unsuccessful. Beresford's campaign on the southern frontier of Portugal included one of the hardest-fought actions of the era, the Battle of Albuera, and Graham's victory at Barrosa aided the long-running defence of Cadiz against the French siege. Wellington saw victory at Fuentes de Onoro, and smaller scale successes for the British Army also occurred at El Bodon, Sabugal and Arroyo dos Molinos.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003046
- Title
- A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV: December 1810 - December 1811: Massena's Retreat, Fuentes De Onoro, Albuera, Tarragona
- Author
- Oman, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- ISBN 10
- 1853676187
- ISBN 13
- 9781853676185
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FRANCE HISTORY PENINSULAR WAR NEPOLEONIC SPAIN PORTUGAL WELLINGTON FUENTES DE ONORO ALBUERA TARRAGONA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleonic History;
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