As Napoleon's French Army retreated, all hope that it could
maintain a hold over the Iberian Peninsula began to fade. By
September of 1813 the Allied Army commanded by the 'captain of the
age'-the Duke of Wellington-stood on the frontier of France within
the area of the estuary of the Bidassoa. Napoleon was being pressed
on two fronts, but he still had a large reserve of veteran troops
stationed in the south of France to call upon. The time had come to
tighten the grip on France. Wellington would now invade it, engage
the southern army which it was hoped would spur the Coalition of
northern European powers to greater endeavours to bring about its
defeat. No longer now an expanding empire, the French were faced
with the defence of their own homeland and Wellington was poised
for a campaign which would bring a large and prosperous region of
it under allied control. It would be a contest bitterly fought as
only those with desperate stakes can be. In this, the second of
Beatson's series on the fall of Revolutionary France published by
Leonaur, the reader is once again taken into the centre of
Wellington's strategic and tactical genius. Every action is
described in detail and complemented by the voices of the soldiers
who experienced those momentous times.
General
| Imprint: |
Leonaur Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2007 |
| First published: |
August 2007 |
| Authors: |
F.C. Beatson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84677-293-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-84677-293-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781846772931 |
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