A HISTORY OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR
VOLUME IV: DECEMBER 1810 TO DECEMBER 1811
MASSÉNA'S RETREAT, FUENTES DE OÑORO,
ALBUERA, TARRAGONA
by Sir Charles Oman
8.75 x 5.5 in. 736 pages. 5 illustrations, 18 maps.
Greenhill Books is pleased to announce the republication
of Sir Charles Oman's A History of the Peninsular War, one of the
most important histories of the Napoleonic period ever written. All seven
volumes have now been reprinted.
This republication of Oman's magnum opus
is presented with a new introduction by leading Napoleonic historial Colonel
John R. Elting (USA, Ret.).
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one
of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.
Arising from Napoleon's strategic need 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.
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The definitive history of the Peninsular War
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By one of the greatest 20th-century historians
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Comprehensive maps, orders of battle and lists of strengths and casualties
Sir Charles Oman was one of Britian's greatest and most celebrated
hisotrians. His other books published by Greenhill are A History of
the Art of War in the Middle Ages and A Hisotry of the Art of War
in the Sixteenth Century. This volume covers the period during
which Portugal was finally secured from the danger of French conquest.
French successes in Spain continued, but the army under Masséna
was forced finally to retreat from Portugal. The Allied offensive began
to gather momentum, although their attempt to recapture Badajoz was unsuccessful.
Beresford's campaign on the southern frontier of Portugal included one
of the hardest-fought actions of the era, the Battle of Albuera, and Graham's
victory at Barrosa aided the long-running defence of Cadiz against the
French siege. Wellington saw victory at Fuentes de Oñoro, and smaller
scale successes for the British Army also occurred at El Bodon, Sabugal
and Arroyo dos Molinos.
Greenhill Books ISBN 1-85367-224-6
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