Thursday, August 15, 2013

Walcheren 1809, Martin R. Howard.

Walcheren 1809, Martin R. Howard.
A history of one of the great disasters of British military history, when a large army was sent to try and capture Antwerp but stalled at Walcheren where disease destroyed the army. A good study of a failed amphibious expedition and an example of how not to carry out a large scale expedition
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