A
HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR
VOLUME VI: SEPTEMBER 1, 1812 TO AUGUST 5, 1813
SIEGE OF BURGOS, RETREAT FROM BURGOS, VITTORIA, THE
PYRENEES
by Sir Charles Oman
8.75 x 5.5 in. (222 x 141 mm). 832 pages. 2 illustrations,
11 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. Between the autumn
of 1812 and the late summer of 1813 campaigning in the Peninsula took on
a new aspect. From being a defence of Portugal and those parts of Spain
not under French control, it became an effort by the British, Spanish and
Portuguese forces to drive the French out completely. Operations at the
end of 1812 included the unsuccessful British siege of Burgos and the subsequent
retreat; renewed campaigning on the east coast of Spain, including Murray's
actions around Tarragona; and the beginning of the final offensive against
the French, including the battles of Roncesvalles, Maya and Sorauren.
Greenhill Books ISBN 1-85367-226-2
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