Wellington's contribution to the end of the Napoleonic Age
Napoleon's bright star is fading and following his Russian defeat
and further setbacks in Northern Europe his back is against the
wall .The great powers are advancing on his borders and the
beleaguered French have few resources in men or material that
compare to those opposed to them. Now the Emperor must face
advancing armies on two fronts-because the war in Spain has been
effectively lost and his army under Soult is being pressed back
over the borders of the French motherland by the dogged military
genius of the Duke of Wellington and his 'Old Peninsula Army', a
body of men of whom he would say 'he could go anywhere and do
anything ' The mighty barrier of the Pyrenees has been crossed and
now the campaign is moving into Southern France where the difficult
fighting in the 'gaves' or torrential ravine country of the
highlands is taxing for the attacker and favours a desperate
defender. The drama is nevertheless drawing to a close as the
curtain is about to be drawn on the golden epoch that is the First
Empire. Pitched battle lies ahead and at Orthez. This would be a
particularly desperate affair as the 'eagles' are finally brought
to bay. Only Toulouse would follow and by this time Napoleon would
be close to his abdication in Paris. This final chapter of F. C.
Beatson's brilliant trilogy shows the 'captain of the age' at his
most inspired and makes all three books essential additions to any
Peninsular War library.
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