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Salamanca 1812
Peter Edwards
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Description for Salamanca 1812
Hardcover. 1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favor of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories over the French gained by the allied armies under Wellington, and this is the subject of Peter Edwardss compelling new history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 B&W. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 778.
1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favour of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories over the French gained by the allied armies under Wellington, and this is the subject of Peter Edwards's compelling new history. The year began with Wellington launching a series of raids in Estramadura to distract French attention from preparations for an assault on Ciudad Rodrigo, which was taken in late-January. There followed the capture of Badajoz and the advance on Salamanca, which was captured after a ... Read more
1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favour of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories over the French gained by the allied armies under Wellington, and this is the subject of Peter Edwards's compelling new history. The year began with Wellington launching a series of raids in Estramadura to distract French attention from preparations for an assault on Ciudad Rodrigo, which was taken in late-January. There followed the capture of Badajoz and the advance on Salamanca, which was captured after a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781590799
SKU
V9781781590799
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About Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards, who died in 2012, was a British Army officer, a farmer and military historian. He made a special study of the Peninsular War, in which his regiment, then the 48th (Northamptonshire) Foot, fought. He wrote two previous books on the battles of the war: Talavera: Wellington's Early Peninsular Victories 1808 - 9 and Albuera: Wellington's Fourth Peninsular Campaign, ... Read more
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