Memoirs of the War in Spain

• Autore: de Rocca Albert Jean Michel
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (108 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.27346
• Soggetto topico: Peninsular War, 1807-1814; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
• Altri autori: Anon
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. -- CHAPTER I. -- Comparison between the Military state of the Germans and Spaniards-Ease of retaining conquests among the former-Difficulty among the latter - Departure from Germany-Journey through France -Arrival in Spain-Position of the Forces in the Peninsula -- CHAPTER II -- Entry into Burgos-Lerma-Aranda-Quarters in a deserted Spanish town-Almazan-Agrida-Ignorance of the Spaniards in military tactics-Devotion to their country -- CHAPTER III. -- Adventure in a Spanish village-Surrender of Madrid-Entry into the capital -- CHAPTER IV. -- Journey to Toledo-English armies-Retreat of Sir John Moore, and the Battle of Corunna-Defeat of the Spaniards at Ucles-Don Quixote and La Mancha . -- CHAPTER V. -- Battle of Medellin-Retreat of Marshal Soult-King Joseph -- CHAPTER VI. -- Battle of Talavera-Mina-Marquis de Porliere and the Guerillas-A chase among the mountains -- CHAPTER VII. -- Andalusia-Memorials of Eastern customs, & -- c.--Moron-Riotous disposition of its Inhabitants-Olbera-Narrow escape there-Arrival at Ronda -- CHAPTER VIII. -- The Serranos-Retreat from Ronda to Campillos--Fight with the Mountaineers-Return to Ronda-Unfortunate excursion-Dreadful misfortune-A sick-bed-Return to France -- CHAPTER IX. -- Campaign in Portugal.
• Sommario/riassunto: Napoleon's eagles had triumphed over every adversary faced until his fateful decision to depose the Bourbons from the throne of Spain. He started a war that was to prove fatal to his ambitions, a war with the religious people who knew only the war of the knife. The Spaniards were unsuccessful in prosecuting a war on regular military lines, being crushed in a number of pitched battles against the French forces, but they started a campaign of guerilla warfare that was to make the French gains limited to the ground they stood on. Messengers would be attacked, stragglers murdered, provisions delayed, convoys waylaid. This form of warfare seemed alien to the French and, with the exception of Marshal Suchet in Catalonia, they could find no proper way of subduing the Spanish people.Michel de Rocca was a young hussar officer in 1808 and arriving early in the Peninsular War. He writes of the constant draining warfare: the need to be constantly on guard, the suspicious actions of the villagers, and the ambushes. Rocca appears to hold a grudge against the attitude of the Spanish, believing the war there to be rather inglorious and unjust; this was not the general feeling in the ranks of the French army, and was probably due to his Swiss ancestry and his association and later marriage to Madame de Staël (a staunch opponent of Napoleon). However, the brutal reprisals of the insurgents and the constant alertness wear him down as time goes on, and he is not unhappy to be removed from the war due to injuries sustained in an ambush.Author - Albert Jean Michel de Rocca (1788-1818)
• Titolo autorizzato: Memoirs of the War in Spain
• ISBN: 9781908902085; 1908902086
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164251303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II