Spanish Infantry of the Early Peninsular War
Author | : Gerald Cronin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2015-02-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781907417429 |
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Author | : Gerald Cronin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2015-02-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781907417429 |
Author | : Charles J. Esdaile |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780719025389 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Sociology, Military |
ISBN | : 9781858186474 |
Author | : Otto von Pivka |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1975-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780850452433 |
Despite Napoleon's clear advantage in the Peninsular War, the Spanish Army was never completely destroyed. Wrought by poor leadership and insufficient training, Spain's armies persisted in the fight against imperial France. This book gives an overview of Spain's confused position during the Napoleonic Era, caught between the competing interests of Britain and France. The book focuses primarily on the uniforms of the Spanish Army in the period before 1808 and during the war years as the Army of King Joseph, as well as the infantry uniforms of 1814-15. Numerous illustrations and eight color plates vividly depict the uniforms of this often-underestimated force.
Author | : Idan Sherer |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2017-01-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004337725 |
In Warriors for a Living, Idan Sherer explores the experience of the Spanish infantry during the long and bloody conflict between Spain and France during the Italian Wars.
Author | : Paul L Dawson |
Publisher | : Frontline Books |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2020-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 152675410X |
A renowned historian captures the French experience of the Peninsular War through soldiers’ unpublished memoirs and eyewitness accounts. While much has been written about the British campaigns of the Peninsular War, surprisingly little has been published in English on their opponents, the French. Now, using previously unseen material from the French army archives in Paris, Paul Dawson tells the story of the early years of the Peninsular War as never before. Eyewitness accounts of the Siege of Zaragoza and the Spanish defeats at Medellin and Ocaña are interspersed with details of campaign life and of struggling through the Galician mountains in pursuit of the British army. Dawson captures the perspectives of ordinary French soldiers and their beliefs about the war they were fighting for their Emperor. Napoleon’s Peninsular War is a vital and unprecedented addition to our understanding of the war in Iberia.
Author | : René Chartrand |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2013-03-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472803167 |
Constant Spanish guerrilla activity so drained the resources and diverted the attention of the French military that Wellington was able to advance against and overcome a numerically superior enemy. So many French soldiers were being used to counter the guerrillas and the threat that they posed that less than a third of the French army could be tasked with confronting Wellington. This book brings to life, for the first time, the formation, tactics and experiences of the Spanish guerrilla forces that fought Napoleon's army. Using much previously unpublished material, it offers a vivid description of the guerrilla and his lifestyle.
Author | : J. Tranié |
Publisher | : Arms & Armour Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Esdailes |
Publisher | : Helion |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Military uniforms |
ISBN | : 9781911512653 |
Reproduces an unpublished manuscript showing Spanish uniforms of the early Napoleonic era.
Author | : René Chartrand |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855327658 |
The French 'invasion by stealth' of her uneasy ally Spain, and the final proclamation of Napoleon's brother Joseph as king, led to the spontaneous outbreak of a war of resistance in May 1808 that would rage for six years. Despite Napoleon's clear advantage, the Spanish Army was never completely destroyed, their stubborn resistance typified by epic sieges at Zaragoza and Gerona and nationwide guerrilla warfare. The second of three volumes, this book examines the history, uniforms and equipment of the Spanish Army who, with the help of guerrillas and 'armed peasantry', stood up to Napoleon's Grand Army against all odds.