A History of the Peninsular War: September 1809 to December 1810, Ocaña, Cádiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras
- ISBN-10
- 1853676179
- ISBN-13
- 9781853676178
- Series
- A History of the Peninsular War
- Category
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814
- Pages
- 568
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
- Author
- Charles Oman
Description
The 1807-1814 war in the lberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic necessity to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources, Sir Charles Oman's seven volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants' accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history. 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. However, they could not wholly defeat their opponents.
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- 2005
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