Sir John Moore’s Peninsular Campaign 1808–1809Springer Netherlands, 1974 - 290 páginas This book is an attempt to present the chief events in the last campaign of Sir John Moore. Enough of Sir John Moore's life, and of life in England, France, and Spain to explain those events has been included. In several instances, perhaps important instances, accounts of events as given here differ from what may be found elsewhere. In such cases the documents upon which the present narrative is based have been indicated. The list of those to whom I am indebted is a long one. The staff of the Public Record Office have been unfailingly helpful, pleasant, and ef ficient on the many occasions when I have used the Record Office. The Librarian and staff of the National Library of Scotland were most help ful when the writer consulted the papers of Sir George Murray and the manuscripts of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, in that Library. An especially enjoyable occasion was the time spent in the Scottish United Services Museum working with the Sir David Baird papers. I am much indebted to The Honourable the Marquess of Anglesey for permission to consult the Paget papers in the Library at Plas-Newydd. The Libra rian and the Keeper of Manuscripts of the John Rylands Library have been most kind and generous in making available the papers of Sir Henry Clinton. As always, Mr. |
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... declared to Castle- reagh that " This army is certainly too much adventured , and risks to be brought into action , before it is united , and before its stores , ammu- nition , etc. are brought forward to enable it to act . " 21 ...
... declared to Castle- reagh that " This army is certainly too much adventured , and risks to be brought into action , before it is united , and before its stores , ammu- nition , etc. are brought forward to enable it to act . " 21 ...
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... declared in a letter to Moore , there were probably at the moment no Spanish armies remaining , and since " it could never be intended by the British Government that our army should engage in the defense of this Country unaided and ...
... declared in a letter to Moore , there were probably at the moment no Spanish armies remaining , and since " it could never be intended by the British Government that our army should engage in the defense of this Country unaided and ...
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... declared to both Baird and Castlereagh that the only alternatives were either that both columns should retreat the way they had come , or that Baird should move south to join him , and then the whole army would advance to Madrid and ...
... declared to both Baird and Castlereagh that the only alternatives were either that both columns should retreat the way they had come , or that Baird should move south to join him , and then the whole army would advance to Madrid and ...
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Sir John Moores Enough of his Early Life to | 1 |
The Revolt of the Spanish and the Expedition | 24 |
The Defeat of the French and the Question | 44 |
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15th Light Dragoons A. L. F. Schaumann advance Anstruther Army in Spain arrived artillery Astorga Asturias attack battle Bembibre Benavente Bentinck Berthier Betanzos Blake Boothby brigade British Army Burgos Cacabelos Campagne de l'Empereur Campaign Captain Castaños Castlereagh cavalry Central Junta Charmilly Colborne Colonel column command corps Coruña Corunna Craufurd D. E. P. Balagny Dalrymple December declared Diary dispatch division Doyle Duke Elvina enemy English flank force Franceschi French Frere Galicia Gordon Graham headquarters horses Ibid infantry James Moore King's German Legion l'Empereur Napoléon La Coruña Leith Leon letter Lisbon Lugo Madrid Marshal miles Moore's morning move Murray Napoleon Napoléon en Espagne Narrative officers patrols Peninsular Peninsular War Ponferrada Portugal regiment reported retreat road Romana Sahagún Salamanca sent Sir David Baird Sir Hew Sir John Moore skirmishing soldiers Spain Spanish armies stragglers Tordesillas troopers troops Tudela Valderas Valladolid Villafranca Wellesley whilst wrote
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When Soldiers Quit: Studies in Military Disintegration Bruce Watson Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |