Download or read book Peninsular and Waterloo General written by Marcus de la Poer Beresford and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denis Pack was one of a phalanx of senior Anglo-Irish officers who served with great distinction in the British army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, earning a reputation as one of the Duke of Wellington’s most able brigade commanders. Despite his remarkable and varied military career, he hasn’t received the individual attention he deserves, but this omission has now been remedied by Marcus de la Poer Beresford’s full biography. Pack, who was born in 1774, served extensively in Europe as well as in Africa and South America. He was one of the few brigade commanders to serve first with the Portuguese army, and then with Wellington, in the Peninsula, at Quatre Bras, Waterloo and afterwards in the occupation of France. His life was cut short by an early death in 1823, which may have been the result of the many wounds he received in his thirty years as a soldier. This perceptive and meticulously researched study draws on previously unpublished material from archives in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Ireland. It complements other works on notable officers of the period, as Pack served with Cornwallis, Baird, Beresford, Whitelocke, Chatham, Picton, Henry Clinton, and others as well as Wellington. In addition it offers an absorbing portrait of Pack himself and gives the reader a fascinating insight into the many campaigns he took part in and the military life of his day.

Download or read book Memoirs of British Generals Distinguished During the Peninsular War written by John William Cole and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Peninsular Journal Of Major General Sir Benjamin D Urban 1808 1817 written by Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban GCB KCH KCTS FRS and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Whether among the first three to charge the French guns at Medellin, leading his troopers into the enemy ranks at Salamanca, or evolving order out of the chaos that bedevilled the Portuguese Army in 1809, Sir Benjamin D’Urban was not only a brave and resolute soldier but also a painstaking and highly efficient Chief of Staff to Marshal Beresford. Finding, on arrival at Corunna in October 1808, that he had been appointed to that part of the Army left behind in Portugal, D’Urban set out to meet Sir John Moore in the hope of receiving fresh orders. This was the beginning of six years unbroken service which included taking part in ten battles and sieges. After a short period as Staff Officer to Sir Robert Wilson, he was appointed Colonel and QMG to the Portuguese Army by Marshal Beresford in April 1809. The Journals give a day to day summary of the Peninsular Campaign, which was found invaluable by Sir Charles Oman, and provides a counter to what D’Urban considered unfair criticism of Beresford by Sir Charles Napier. Long out of print, this unique record of events fills a need for everyone interested in the campaigns of 1809-1815, particularly in regard to the operations of the Right Wing of the Allied Army and of the part played by the Portuguese Army, which has not always received the credit due for some of its major exploits. The post-war Journals, 1815-1817, bring a telling insight to the problems faced by Beresford and his British officers as the Regents in Portugal aim at the destruction of the proud Army, so lovingly and laboriously created by the Marshal and his staff.”-Print ed.

Download or read book Peninsular General written by Frederick Myatt and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great figure of Wellington has tended to overshadow the achievements and personalities of the commanders who fought beside him. But Sir Thomas Picton, who commanded the 'Fighting Third' Division during Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsula, is a character too forceful to sit comfortably in shadowy obscurity. A hard-boiled, hard-swearing professional soldier, he was second only to Wellington himself in the number of stories he attracted about him in his lifetime. Son of a family of Welsh landowners, he was commissioned into the British Army in 1771 at the age of thirteen. Although a dedicated soldier, his early career was undistinguished. A tour as Military Governor of Trinidad led to his trial in 1806-8 for allowing a woman to be tortured. This might have been the end of him as a soldier but George III stood by him and he survived. Wellington then asked for him in the Peninsula, where he soon gained a considerable reputation in command of the 3rd Division. Rough and abrupt in manner, perhaps because of the scars left by the Trinidad affair, he had an astonishing flow of invective when roused. All this made him something of a character, even though his life was almost entirely devoted to the army; and, partly because he never married, he played no part in fashionable society. He was killed at Waterloo, just before his fifty-seventh birthday, while leading a charge at a critical moment of the battle. This is, surprisingly, the first biography of Picton since 1835. It draws on much original research to recount the story of one of Wellington's divisional commanders against the background of the Peninsular War and of the Peninsular Army, in particular Picton's own 'Fighting Third' Division, a formation still in existence. The book is illustrated with battle maps of the campaigns in which this larger-than-life general played an important part. -- Dust jacket.

Download or read book Wellington s Peninsular War Generals Their Battles written by T. A. Heathcote and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-06-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington's achievements in the Peninsular War cannot be overestimated. At the outset in 1808 Napoleon and his Marshals appeared unstoppable. By the close Wellington and his Army had convincingly defeated the French and taken the war across the Pyrenees into France itself. He and his Generals had waged a hugely successful campaign both by conventional means and guerrilla warfare.This book contains the pithy biographies of some forty senior officers who served Wellington, in the majority of cases, so ably during this six year war. Many had experience of battle prior to the Peninsular and went on to greater heights thereafter. There is a section summarizing the major engagements that this 'band of brothers' took part in. The book is arranged in alphabetical order and each thoroughly researched entry places its subject's life in his historical and political context. The result is a highly entertaining, informative and authoritative book.

Download or read book The Peninsular war some observations on the general orders of the duke of Wellington in Portugal Spain and France from 1809 to 1814 written by Peninsular war and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Peninsular War Some Observations on the General Orders of the Duke of Wellington in Portugal Spain and France from 1809 to 1814 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Peninsular War Atlas Revised written by Nick Lipscombe and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now back in print, this new and revised edition of The Peninsular War Atlas has added new and updated maps and content to reflect the latest research into the long struggle for control of the Iberian Peninsula, all in an attractive slip case gift package. Colonel Nick Lipscombe, who is based in Spain and is the chairman of the Peninsular War 200 organization, has used his unique perspective to make this new edition the very best study of the subject on the market. The Peninsular War saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars. Over a period of five years it is estimated that half a million soldiers and civilians were killed in this bloodbath, however the battles there are far less well-known than other Napoleonic battles like Waterloo. Despite the exposure given this theatre in the Sharpe novels, the soldiers who fought there have received little public recognition. The bicentennial commemorations of this war aim to bring the war to wider recognition, bringing the Spanish, Portuguese and British together in remembering the dead, and re-examining the war in a balanced way.

Download or read book The Peninsular War Some Observations on the General Orders of the Duke of Wellington in Portugal Spain and France from 1809 to 1814 Second Edition written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the War in the Peninsula Under Napoleon written by comte Maximilien Foy and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Peninsular War 1807 1814 written by Michael Glover and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a fascinating insight into what it was like to march and fight, to eat and be wounded, to command and be commanded at the start of the 19th century. Stress is laid on the technological limitations of warfare at that time.

Download or read book Memoirs of British Generals distinguished during the Peninsular War written by John William Cole and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

Download or read book The Peninsular Journal of Major general Sir Benjamin D Urban 1808 1817 written by Sir Benjamin D'Urban and published by London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and Company. This book was released on 1930 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History Of The War In The Peninsular And In The South Of France From The Year 1807 To The Year 1814 written by General William Francis Patrick Napier K.C.B. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Napier, was born in Dublin in 1785, one of a number of brothers who entered the British army and excelled in the service although it is his History of the War in the Peninsular that he is most remembered for. A masteful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and played a pivotal role in the end of his domination of Europe. Napier gained his first commission as an ensign in the Royal Irish Artillery in 1800. By the time of the Napoleonic Wars he had transferred to to the 52nd Regiment, which was being trained as light infantry at Shorncliffe under Sir John Moore. Napier saw his first service in the Peninsular with the 43rd Foot under Sir John Moore during the Corunna campaign. Napier would go on to be conspicuous in the actions of the Light Division, such as the epic march to Talavera, the battles of Fuentes d’Oñoro, Salamanca, Nivelle, Orthes and Toulouse. He left the service a General and Knight Commander of the Order of Bath. In this first volume (1807 to beginning of 1809), Napier surveys the scene in mainland Europe and particularly Spain and Portugal, the rotten state of politics in Spain, the isolation of Portugal as the only ally of Great Britain still not under Napoleon’s domination. He starts with the machinations of the French to supplant the Bourbon regime in Spain and the joint Franco-Spanish invasion of Portugal with its flood of French troops supposed friends soon to be enemies. The initial disastrous campaigns of the splintered Spanish armies are written of in great detail, battles such as Rio Seco and Ucles, and the parlous state of the Spanish government are shown in all their infamy, juxtaposed to the second defence of Sarragossa by the valorous Spaniards. Wellington’s first short-lived campaign in Portugal, including the battle of Vimiero is given due attention and much is lavished on the campaign of Sir John Moore. A Classic, deserves to be read and re-read.

Download or read book Memoirs of British Generals Distinguished During the Peninsular War With Portraits written by John William Cole and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of British Generals Distinguished During the Peninsular War written by John William Cole and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Narrative of The Peninsular War written by Sir Andrew Leith Hay and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable first-hand account of a British officer who served under both Moore and Wellington against Napoleon’s invading French forces in the Iberian peninsula. Andrew Leith Hay joined the army as an ensign in the 72nd Foot and but went to the peninsula as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, General Sir James Leith. He spent a considerable period gathering intelligence and communicating with other commanders in the British, Portuguese and Spanish armies. Along his travels, Leith Hay made sketches of the terrain through which he passed and, in 1831, incorporated these into this a two-volume account of his Peninsular War experiences. This 4th edition, originally published in 1850, comprises both volumes in one book.