LEADER 03453nam 2200529 450 001 9910807803203321 005 20230803025551.0 010 $a1-78149-089-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000338543 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0021715103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001351030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11711977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001351030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11296786 035 $a(PQKB)10884818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132346 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1132346 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL919239 035 $a(OCoLC)829460075 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000338543 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$hVolume 2 /$fLewis Butler 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLuton, England :$cAndrews UK Ltd.,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 0$aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Sketch Maps -- Body matter -- Part IV (cont.) -- Chapter XXII -- Chapter XXIII -- Chapter XXIV -- Chapter XXV -- Chapter XXVI -- Part V -- Chapter XXVII -- Chapter XXVIII -- Chapter XXIX -- Chapter XXX -- Chapter XXXI -- Chapter XXXII -- Chapter XXXIII -- Chapter XXXIV -- Chapter XXXV -- Part VI -- Chapter XXXVI -- Chapter XXXVII -- Chapter XXXVIII -- Chapter XXXIX -- Chapter XL -- Chapter XLI -- Chapter XLII -- Chapter XLIII -- Chapter XLIV -- Chapter XLV -- Chapter XLVI -- Chapter XLVII -- Chapter XLVIII -- Back matter -- Index. 330 8 $aWritten almost a century after the events they describe, Lewis Butler's two volumes on Wellington's Peninsula War campaigns have rightly been judged a classic of military history. The story of how the Iron Duke turned disaster into triumph, and defeat into a final victory, has surely never been told with more authority.Volume Two begins with Wellington besieging and storming Badajoz and Ciudad Roderigo. These successes are followed by the difficult but decisive campaign culminating in Wellington's victory over Marshal Marmont at Salamanca and his entry into Madrid. After a difficult winter, Wellington once again resumes the offensive, defeats Marshal Soult at Vitoria and chases him over the Pyrenees and out of Spain. But Soult's stubborn resistance continues at the battles of Nivelle, the Nive, and Orthez as the fighting moves towards Toulouse where Wellington fights his final, victoriuous battle of the war as news of Napoleon's abdication arrives.Both volumes are liberally illustrated with maps and sketches of the battles and other operations. What Napoleon called his 'Spanish ulcer' has never been more minutely described and dissected, with the author paying a military man's due attention to the sinews of war as well as to the action. 410 0$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 Capt.$01708488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807803203321 996 $aWellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814$94097523 997 $aUNINA