The fate of the Iberian Peninsula was in the balance during the period January-September 1809, when it seemed possible that Napoleon would achieve control over Spain and Portugal. This volume covers the continuing Spanish resistance to French occupation, the renewed French invasion of Portugal, and the subsequent victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley.
The first part of Sir Charles Oman's classic history provides the background to the war and its origins, and covers the early stages of the conflict.
This volume covers the continuing Spanish resistance to French occupation, the renewed French invasion of Portugal, and the return to the Peninsula and subsequent victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley, including his outmanoeuvring of the French ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Between the Autumn of 1812 and the late Summer of 1813 campaigning in the Peninsula took on a new aspect.
The events covered in this volume include the British siege and capture of St. Sebastian; the final campaigning in eastern Spain; Wellington's invasion of France; and the last actions of the war in the Battle of Toulouse and the French ...
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Introducing the subject and many of its main players, this volume recounts the French invasion of Portugal and the forcible deposition of the Spanish royal family, the beginning of Spanish popular resistance, the arrival of the British in ...
THE BEST ACCOUNT OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY WARFARE BY THE AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR This is an unrivalled account of sixteenth-century warfare, in which Sir Charles Oman traces the dramatic, far-reaching changes in the military ...
Ocaña, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras Volume III covers the period from September 1809 to December 1810, when the French were consolidating their hold on Spain, crushing resistance and attempting to drive the British out of Portugal.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.