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Battle Story Talavera 1809 (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Battle Story Talavera 1809 (Paperback, UK ed.)
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At Talavera an Anglo-Spanish army under Sir Arthur Wellesley
combined with a Spanish army in operations against French-occupied
Madrid. After fierce fighting the French army's attacks were
repulsed several times before withdrawing from the field. Wellesley
was ennobled as 'Viscount Wellington of Talavera' for the action.
Napoleonic expert Digby Smith covers the uniforms, colours and
standards, organization and tactics of the three armies involved,
their orders of battle and losses. The strategic background to the
battle, including Napoleon's disastrous 'management by puppet'
policy, which was to bedevil the efforts of all French commanders
in Spain and Portugal for the rest of the war. The artillery
systems used are examined, including ballistic performance. The
progress of the battle is analysed in detail, interspersed with
personal accounts of participants at critical points. There will be
a complete display of the losses involved as well as an account of
the aftermath of the action and its effects on Wellesley's
subsequent performance.
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