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The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1811-1814 (Hardcover)
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The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1811-1814 (Hardcover)
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By the middle of 1811, Brigadier General Robert Craufurd's Light
Division was emerging as the elite of the Peninsular Army and
Wellington was seeking opportunities to go over to the offensive,
following the expulsion of Marshal Mass na from Portugal. After a
period of outpost duty for the Light Division on the familiar
ground of the Spanish borders, Wellington seized the keys to Spain'
in the epic sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Still reeling
from the loss of General Craufurd, The Division' led the army
against Marshal Marmont and after a protracted period of marching
and counter marching, the French were finally brought to battle at
Salamanca. As a result of King Joseph being driven out of Madrid,
the French marshals united and in the autumn of 1812, the British
were driven back to Ciudad Rodrigo in another gruelling retreat.
With news of Napoleon's disaster in Russia and with reinforcements
from Britain, Wellington prepared his army to drive the French from
the Peninsular. A lightening march across Spain to cut the Great
Road found King Joseph and Marshal Jourdan at Vitoria and the
resulting battle, in which the Light Division fought their way into
the heart of the French position, was a triumph of arms for
Wellington's light troops. The pursuit into the Pyrenees, had a
sting in the tail when Marshal Soult mounted counter offensives in
an attempt to relieve San Sebastian and Pamplona. Having thrown the
French back and with the Sixth Coalition intact, the Light Division
fought their way through the mountains and into Napoleon's France.
With the allies closing in on all sides, the French fought on into
1814 and the Light Bobs had further fighting before the spoils of
peace in a war-weary France could be enjoyed.
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