pdf |en | | Author: Patrick Searle and Maureen McConville

epub |eng | 2021-06-18 | Author:Edward Costello [Costello, Edward]

CHAPTER XVIII. Head-quarters at Grenalda—Don Julian Sanchez, the celebrated Guerilla Chief—Weakness of our numbers—Incorporation of Spaniards into our regiments—A thief—Punishment of, and opinion of the men—General orders for a collection ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-26 | Author:Barry Linton [Linton, Barry]

Gustavus vs Tilly Gustavus Adolphus found Tilly's Imperial troops on a low ridge, with the sun and wind behind them. There had been no opportunity for Gustavus and the Saxon ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jon E Lewis [Lewis, Jon E]

The fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo fell on the eleventh day after its investment; and taking into account the season of the year, the difficulty of the means to carry on ...

pdf |en | | Author: Michael A. Bonura

epub |eng | 2021-11-23 | Author:Tim Saunders;Rob Yuill;

Blakiston concludes, despite the Light Division’s lighter touch discipline: ‘I doubt much whether our soldiers could be thus trusted out of their ranks.’ * The Peninsular War: Some Observations on ...

pdf | | 2020-08-18 | Author:Tim Saunders & Rob Yuill

epub |eng | 2012-02-03 | Author:Peter Hofschroer

1. At end of September, Blücher moves to join forces with the Army of the North, crossing Elbe on 3 October at Wartenburg. 2. Army of North crosses Elbe on ...

epub |eng | 2015-08-09 | Author:Gareth Glover

The stallion was reputedly captured in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo and ownership soon transferred to a John Angerstein, the son of a City financier, whose superb art collection ...

epub |eng | 2016-03-21 | Author:David A. Bell [Bell, David A.]

7 Days of Glory Today . . . no government would dare say to its nation: Let us go conquer the world. —BENJAMIN CONSTANT, 1813 I wanted to rule the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-31 | Author:Jonathan North & Louis Joseph Vionnet

Smolensk Again On the 8th we camped close to a few barns which had escaped the fires. The emperor’s wagons were halted here, some eighteen miles from Smolensk. I now ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-30 | Author:Mike Rapport [Rapport, Mike]

6. Public bonfires of British contraband, like this one in Amsterdam in 1812, were aimed at reinforcing Napoleon’s blockade of Europe, but they also appalled mercantile communities already suffering from ...

epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Bates [Bates, Stephen]

By 1815 Captain Barclay was having troubles of his own and he was certainly not fighting Napoleon, having retired from the army after the Walcheren expedition so he could devote ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-19 | Author:David Burrery

The stone recording the stand of the British 27th (Inninskilling) Regiment of Foot who endured terrible losses defending this area. It is rare for a military unit to sustain such ...

epub |eng | 2015-02-01 | Author:Colin Brown

Late in the day I was called by some officers of the 3rd Guards defending Hougoumont to use my best endeavours to send them musket ammunition. Soon afterwards I fell ...