LEADER 03328nam 2200529 450 001 9910786129203321 005 20230803025523.0 010 $a1-78149-087-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000338542 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0021715102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001351028 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11881536 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001351028 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11295991 035 $a(PQKB)11426325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1132345 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL919238 035 $a(OCoLC)829460076 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000338542 100 $a20220515d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814$hVolume 1 /$fCaptain Lewis Butler 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLuton, England :$cAndrews UK Ltd.,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (436 p.) 225 0$aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Half title -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- List of Sketch Maps -- Body matter -- Part I -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Part II -- Chapter VII -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX -- Chapter X -- Chapter XI -- Part III -- Chapter XII -- Chapter XIII -- Chapter XIV -- Chapter XV -- Chapter XVI -- Chapter XVII -- Chapter XVIII -- Chapter XIX -- Part IV -- Chapter XX -- Chapter XXI. 330 8 $aWritten almost a century after the events they describe, Lewis Butler's two volumes on Wellington's Peninsula War campaigns have rightly been judged a classic of military history. The story of how the Iron Duke turned disaster into triumph, and defeat into a final victory, has surely never been told with more authority.Butler's first volume begins with the Spanish popular revolt against the imposition of Napoleon's brother Joseph as their king and their appeal to Britain for aid. Early British disasters culminate in Sir John Moore's retreat and death at Corunna. Wellington fought back at the battles of Talavera and Busaco, but was compelled by Marshal Massena to retreat once more into Portugal, and only his foresight in constructing the impregnable lines of Torres Vedras, and denuding the country before them, saved the day. The first volume concludes with Wellington taking the offensive again at the battle of Fuentes d'Onoro and Albuera.Both volumes are liberally illustrated with maps and sketches of the battles and other operations. What Napoleon called his 'Spanish ulcer' has never been more minutely described and dissected, with the author paying a military man's due attention to the sinews of war as well as to the action. 410 0$aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 606 $aPeninsular War, 1807-1814 615 0$aPeninsular War, 1807-1814. 676 $a940.2742 700 $aButler$b Captain Lewis$01537419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786129203321 996 $aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814$93786717 997 $aUNINA