Volume IV covers the period during which Portugal was finally secured from the danger of French conquest. French successes in Spain continued, but the army under Massena was forced finally to retreat from Portugal.
From The Battle of Corunna to the end of The Talavera Campaign The fate of the Iberian Peninsula was in the balance during January-September 1809, when it seemed possible that Napoleon would achieve control over Spain and Portugal.
Both scholarly and accessible this is wonderful account of the strategies, tactics and military organisation that took place during the Middle Ages.
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.
Both scholarly and accessible this is wonderful account of the strategies, tactics and military organisation that took place during the Middle Ages.
This is an unrivalled account in which Sir Charles Oman covers the Great Wars of 1494-1559; Henry VllI's continental wars; the French Wars of Religion, 1562-98; the Dutch War of Independence, 1568-1603; and the Turkish offensive against ...
This volume covers the continuing Spanish resistance to French occupation, the renewed French invasion of Portugal, and the subsequent victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley.
Masséna's Retreat, Fuentes de Oñoro, Albuera, Tarragona Volume IV covers the period during which Portugal was finally secured from the danger of French conquest.
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 ...
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.
The Siege of Burgos, the Retreat from Burgos, the Campaign of Vittoria, the Battles of the Pyrenees Between the Autumn of 1812 and the late Summer of 1813 campaigning in the Peninsula took on anew aspect.