The battle of Ocaña : 19 november 1809, the army of Spain's greatest victory

1809, The Battle Of Ocanña

Although the Battle of Ocana is without doubt the Army of
Spain's greatest victory, until F.O. Juârez and O.L. Ruiz Jaén
brought out their beautiful book, la Batalla de Ocana, Campanas
militares en laprovincia de Toledo en 1809, there was no monograph on the event.
The paradox is ail too apparent. As a matter of national pride
Spanish historians could hardly be expected to tackle the question; from the French point of view, Napoléon, not being the
Commander-in-Chief on that particular day and Impérial military history being strictly speaking Napoleonic, no historian had
ever actually taken on the subject.
As for the English, keen as they are on what they call the Peninsular War, since none of their troops took part in the event, they
quite understandably neglected the Battle of Ocana, at least in
détail.
Now the French archives are simply overflowing with information about this glorious feat of arms for their army.
We have developed thèse contemporary sources using some new Spanish sources which our predecessors F.O. Juárez and O.L.
Ruiz Jaén did not know about at the time they did their research.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bunde, Jean-Marie Mongin, Pierre Juhel, Pierre (1965-....) Juhel, JUHEL P-BUNDE P, Peter Bunde, Pierre Juhel
• Publisher: Histoire et Collections
• Languages: French
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2013
• EAN: 9782352501510
• ISBN: 978-2-35250-151-0
• No. of pages: 111
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 320 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 1100 g
• Series: Des Batailles et des Hommes; Batailles célèbres; Batailles célèbres
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History