Monday, May 13, 2013

Salamanca 1812 - Wellington's Year of Victories, Peter Edwards.

Salamanca 1812 - Wellington's Year of Victories, Peter Edwards.

A look at Wellington's campaigns of 1812, from the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz to the triumph at Salamanca, the failure at Burgos and the retreat back to Portugal at the end of a year that saw the French permanently forced out of large parts of Spain. A good account of this campaign, copiously illustrated with carefully used eyewitness accounts.
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