A good historical book regarding Wellington’s battle at Vitoria. The author makes good use of personal accounts by those at the battle to really enhance the story. The event is well described and you get a feeling of being in the action. A great read.
NetGalley, Ron Baumer
A good historical book regarding Wellington’s battle at Vitoria. The author makes good use of personal accounts by those at the battle to really enhance the story. The event is well described and you get a feeling of being in the action. A great read.
NetGalley, Ron Baumer
This is a great little book to help you learn about the Army at this time and will be a good jumping off point into further researched. I can see this book being well read by Re-enactors and Wargammers alike.
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Medieval Sword School
This is a great little book to help you learn about the Army at this time and will be a good jumping off point into further researched. I can see this book being well read by Re-enactors and Wargammers alike.
Read the full review [link=https://medievalswordschool.co.uk/wellingtons-infantry/]here[/link]
Medieval Sword School
The detailed treatment of the war of the outposts is excellent, informative and easy to enjoy at the same time.
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/book-review-wellingtons-light-division-in-the-peninsular-war.1551/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
The detailed treatment of the war of the outposts is excellent, informative and easy to enjoy at the same time.
Read the full review [link=https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/book-review-wellingtons-light-division-in-the-peninsular-war.1551/]here[/link]
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
I always like a military book that puts the maps at the front of the book for instance reference. This the book does, providing the reader with maps of the geography of Portugal in 1809, the second invasion of Portugal, February-March 1809, the Allied march North, and the Passage of Douro, 12th May, 1809, alongside Soult’s retreat. Also, at the front of the book is an extremely useful and exhaustively detailed timeline, constructing events from 1769, with the birth of Jean de Dieu Soult, the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, the deceleration of war on France by Britain in 1804, to death of Duke of Wellington in 1852. This provides an excellent reference whilst reading through the events as they unfolded in the content of the book.
Jon Sandison
I always like a military book that puts the maps at the front of the book for instance reference. This the book does, providing the reader with maps of the geography of Portugal in 1809, the second invasion of Portugal, February-March 1809, the Allied march North, and the Passage of Douro, 12th May, 1809, alongside Soult’s retreat. Also, at the front of the book is an extremely useful and exhaustively detailed timeline, constructing events from 1769, with the birth of Jean de Dieu Soult, the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, the deceleration of war on France by Britain in 1804, to death of Duke of Wellington in 1852. This provides an excellent reference whilst reading through the events as they unfolded in the content of the book.
Jon Sandison
... a good account from the French side.
The Armourer, February 2021
... a good account from the French side.
The Armourer, February 2021
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Wellington's Worst Scrape
The disastrous retreat and near disintegration of Sir John Moore's army on the road to Corunna in 1809 is traditionally regarded as the low point in the history of the British intervention in the Peninsular War. Yet under the Duke of Wellington the British and their allies suffered defeats and retreats that tend to be overshadowed by the series of… Read more...
