The Danish capital of Copenhagen was the site of two major battles
during the Napoleonic Wars, but the significance of the fighting
there, and the key role the country played in the conflict in
northern Europe, has rarely been examined in detail. In this
absorbing and original study Gareth Glover focuses on these two
principal events, using original source material to describe them
from the British and Danish perspectives, and he shows how they
fitted into the little-understood politics of this region during
this turbulent phase of European history. The first Battle of
Copenhagen in 1801 - the naval battle celebrated in Britain as one
of Nelson's great victories - and the second - the British army's
assault on the city in 1807 in which Wellington played a prominent
part - were episodes in the continental struggle to resist the
power of the French. Gareth Glover describes these events in vivid
detail, quoting extensively from the recollections of eyewitnesses
on both sides. His account is fascinating reading and an important
contribution to the history of the period.
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