Tag: Peninsular

Subaltern Chronicle of the Peninsular War


Free Download George Gleig, Ian Robertson, "Subaltern: Chronicle of the Peninsular War"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 0850528305 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 3.6 mb
Lieutenants, or "subalterns" as they were called, were very young in the British Army of the Napoleonic Wars, so George Gleig was not unique when he joined the 85th Light Infantry at the age of 17. Thrown into action in Spain against invading French forces in the summer of 1813, Gleig fought continuously for 18 months. The unique quality of Gleig’s personal account was recognized immediately, and his narrative was praised by the Duke of Wellington himself. Although not always readily available to the general public. Gleig’s account has been extensively drawn on by later historians and historical novelists. Gleig left behind a unique account of Wellington’s victories, the primitive conditions endured by both soldiers and civilians, and the mood of the times.

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Recollections of a Peninsular Veteran – Scholar’s Choice Edition


Free Download Acland Anderson, "Recollections of a Peninsular Veteran – Scholar’s Choice Edition"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1297388518 | EPUB | pages: 316 | 0.3 mb
Lt. Col. Anderson wrote his memoirs as for his own family not suspecting their interest to the larger reading public. As such they hold a charm of their own apart from a number of the more swashbuckling accounts of soldier’s adventures in the British army during the Napoleonic and Victorian periods. That is not to say that they are staid in any way but written from a more modest view-point than some.

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Peninsular and Waterloo General Sir Denis Pack and the War against Napoleon


Free Download Peninsular and Waterloo General: Sir Denis Pack and the War against Napoleon by Marcus de la Poer Beresford
English | April 29, 2022 | ISBN: 1399083201 | 240 pages | MOBI | 31 Mb
Denis Pack was one of a phalanx of senior Anglo-Irish officers who served with great distinction in the British army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, earning a reputation as one of the Duke of Wellington’s most able brigade commanders. Despite his remarkable and varied military career, he hasn’t received the individual attention he deserves, but this omission has now been remedied by Marcus de la Poer Beresford’s full biography.

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Peninsular and Waterloo General Sir Denis Pack and the War against Napoleon


Free Download Peninsular and Waterloo General: Sir Denis Pack and the War against Napoleon by Marcus de la Poer Beresford
English | May 5th, 2022 | ISBN: 1399083201 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 53.03 MB
Denis Pack was one of a phalanx of senior Anglo-Irish officers who served with great distinction in the British army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, earning a reputation as one of the Duke of Wellington’s most able brigade commanders. Despite his remarkable and varied military career, he hasn’t received the individual attention he deserves, but this omission has now been remedied by Marcus de la Poer Beresford’s full biography.

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Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808-14


Free Download Rene Chartrand, Richard Hook, "Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808-14"
English | 2004 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1841766291 | PDF | 4,7 mb
Constant Spanish guerrilla activity so drained the resources and diverted the attention of the French military that Wellington was able to advance against and overcome a numerically superior enemy. So many French soldiers were being used to counter the guerrillas and the threat that they posed that less than a third of the French army could be tasked with confronting Wellington. This book brings to life, for the first time, the formation, tactics and experiences of the Spanish guerrilla forces that fought Napoleon’s army during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Using much previously unpublished material, it offers a vivid description of the guerrilla and his lifestyle.

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