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Author | : D.W. Davies |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9401016127 |
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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.
Author | : Brian L. Kieran |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1452052476 |
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Dr. Brian Kieran has shed more light on Sir John Moore and his heroic retreat during 1808 -1809 through the Galicia Mountains in the middle of Winter to Corunna in Spain. The tragic events of the retreat are graphically described leading to the sombre death of Sir John Moore at the moment of Victory. The one British Army of the time escaped through their evacuation from Corunna from Napoleon and ultimately his Marshals. Moore's skilful campaign caused Napoleon to return to Paris as he could not bear the thought of being defeated or outrun by the More's military skill. Moore's death occurred at the height of the battle at Corunna and he was aware of the victory before he died a painful death. More's death gave rise to the composition of a number of poem's yet the most famous was written by an Irishman; in England it became a children's Memorial to a Great Man. "But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." Moore could have been given no greater honour at that time when Soult ordered the firing of a salute of Cannon.
Author | : Christopher Summerville |
Publisher | : Frontline Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-11 |
Genre | : La Coruña, Battle of, La Coruña, Spain, 1809 |
ISBN | : 9781848328303 |
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Originally published: London: Greenhill Books, 2003.
Author | : Philip Haythornthwaite |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1846035384 |
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A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Philip Haythornthwaite recounts how, finally, at Corunna, Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.
Author | : Philip Haythornthwaite |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472801989 |
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A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Philip Haythornthwaite recounts how, finally, at Corunna, Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.
Author | : Robert Ker Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781846779237 |
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Essential correspondence from Iberia Perhaps the best way to describe this excellent collection of letters from the theatre of war is to quote the author's own introduction. 'The following letters contain an account of the march and actions of the British Army under Sir John Moore from the day of their (its) departure from Lisbon to that in which they embarked at Corunna. They were written on the spot and immediately as the events arose of which they are the subjects.' Those readers who can appreciate the importance of source material will understand that it rarely comes more relevant than this. This momentous campaign and retreat is reported as it happened by one who was there and wrote down his impressions as events unfolded. This is the stuff of which history is made and is a vital addition to every library of the Peninsular War.
Author | : Robert L. Yaple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Peninsular War, 1809-1814 |
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Download The Province of Uncertainty: Sir John Moore's Spanish Campaign Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John H. Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : La Coruña, Battle of, La Coruña, Spain, 1809 |
ISBN | : |
Download The Spanish Campaign of Sir John Moore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : David William Davies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1974 |
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ISBN | : |
Download Sir John Moore's Penniscular Campaign 1808-1809 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : James Carrick Moore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1809 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Contains a narrative of the British Army's involvement in Spain during the Peninsular War, through official papers and letters from and to Sir John Moore.