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Bloody Albuera: The 1811 Campaign in the Peninsular
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Title: Bloody Albuera: The 1811 Campaign in the Peninsular
Author: Ian Fletcher
ISBN: 9781861263728
Publisher: Crowood Pr
Published: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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Publisher Description:
On 16th May 1811, during Wellington's long campaign against Napoleon's armies of occupation in Portugal and Spain, an army of some 35,000 British and allied troops under the command of Marshal William Carr Beresford took up position around the village of Albuera in south-western Spain. They stood astride the main road to the isolated French fortress of Badojoz to prevent its relief by the army of Marshal Soult, marching up from Andalusia. Beresford was a brave man and a gifted staff officer, but no tactician, and his deployment and control of his army was flawed. His infantry won him a victory, but an appalling cost in lives; and Albuera passed into legend as one of the most savage battles not just of the Peninsular War but in the entire history of the British Army.
Author: Ian Fletcher
ISBN: 9781861263728
Publisher: Crowood Pr
Published: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
E 1684509
Publisher Description:
On 16th May 1811, during Wellington's long campaign against Napoleon's armies of occupation in Portugal and Spain, an army of some 35,000 British and allied troops under the command of Marshal William Carr Beresford took up position around the village of Albuera in south-western Spain. They stood astride the main road to the isolated French fortress of Badojoz to prevent its relief by the army of Marshal Soult, marching up from Andalusia. Beresford was a brave man and a gifted staff officer, but no tactician, and his deployment and control of his army was flawed. His infantry won him a victory, but an appalling cost in lives; and Albuera passed into legend as one of the most savage battles not just of the Peninsular War but in the entire history of the British Army.
