Wellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 . Volume 2 / / Lewis Butler
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Butler Capt
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| Titolo: |
Wellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 . Volume 2 / / Lewis Butler
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| Pubblicazione: | Luton, England : , : Andrews UK Ltd., , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.2742 |
| Soggetto topico: | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Written 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Wellington's Operations in the Peninsula 1808-1814 |
| ISBN: | 1-78149-089-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807803203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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