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A History of the Peninsular War, Volume IV: December 1810-December 1811: Massena's Retreat, Fuentes De Onoro, Albuera, Tarragona

By Charles William Chadwick Oman

2019-06-25 18:13:13

In this volume are contained the annals of all the many campaigns of 1811, with the exception of those of Suchet’s Valencian expedition in the later months of the year, which for reasons of space have to be relegated to Volume V. It was impossible ... Read more
In this volume are contained the annals of all the many campaigns of 1811, with the exception of those of Suchet’s Valencian expedition in the later months of the year, which for reasons of space have to be relegated to Volume V. It was impossible to exceed the bulk of 660 pages, and the operations on the Mediterranean coast of Spain can be dealt with separately without any grave breach of continuity in the narrative, though this particular Valencian campaign affected the general course of the war far more closely than any other series of operations on the Eastern side of the Peninsula, as I have been careful to point out in the concluding chapters of Section XXIX. Less

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File size2686.587 KB
Print pages570
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1853676178
Born in India January 12, 1860 Died: June 23, 1946 Genre: History Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman was a British military historian of the early 20th century. His reconstructions of medieval bat...

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