Ian Fletcher

Salamanca 1812 (eBook, ePUB)

Wellington Crushes Marmont
Illustrator: Younghusband, Bill

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Salamanca was the most decisive battle of the entire Peninsular War. This detailed, illustrated volume recounts its progression, alongside full-colour maps and illustrations.

Wellington smashed Marmont's French Army and his pursuit of its shattered remnants led to the famous cavalry charge of the King's German Legion at Garcia Hernandez. There would be two more years of sieges and hard fighting before the Iron Duke crossed the Pyrenees into France but from Salamanca the British and their Portuguese and Spanish allies always had the upper hand.

Ian Fletcher examines this important battle in detail and also discusses the campaign which led up to it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782001942
• Artikelnr.: 44626641

Autorenporträt

Ian Fletcher has established a reputation as a Napoleonic historian of the first rank, particularly on the British army in the Peninsular. He has been widely published and among his several titles for Osprey are Elite 52 Wellington's Foot Guards and Campaign 59 Vittoria 1813.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Opposing Plans
The Campaign
The Opposing Commanders
The Battle
Garcia Hernandez
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Chronology
Order of Battle
Further Reading
Wargaming Salamanca