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Klappentext This classic history of the Peninsular War was first published by a participant, Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, between 1828 and 1840. Zusammenfassung Published between 1828 and 1840! Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential! if controversial! work. He had access to many of the participants! or their papers! including French ones. The work was both highly praised and criticised. Although biased! it remains an important eyewitness source. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book XIII: 1. Lord Wellington's sieges vindicated; 2. O'Donnel withdraws his troops from Falcet and surrounds the seventh corp; 3. Tortoza; 4. Suchet prepares to besiege Taragona; 5. Suchet's skilful conduct; 6. Suchet against Campo Verde; Book XIV: 1. State of political affairs; 2. Political state of England with reference to the war; 3. Political state of Spain; 4. Political state of Portugal; 5. Second English siege of Badajos; 6. General Spencer's operations in Beira; 7. State of the war in Spain; 8. The garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo make some successful excursions; Book XV: 1. State of the war in Spain; 2. Conquest of Valencia; 3. Suchet resolves to invest the city of Valencia; 4. Operations in Andalusia and Estremadura; 5. Soult resolves to besiege Tarifa; Book XVI: 1. Political situation of King Joseph; 2. Review of the different changes of the war; 3. Means collected for the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo; 4. Execution of the French partizans and English deserters found in Ciudad Rodrigo; 5. The allies cross the Guadiana; 6. The state of Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida obliges Lord Wellington to relinquish his design of invading Andalusia; 7. General observations; Appendix.
