Fuentes De Onoro 1811

Informationen zum Autor RENÉ CHARTRAND was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written numerous articles and books including over 50 Osprey titles. He lives in Quebec, with his wife and two sons. Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught, he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections. Klappentext In October 1810 the Allied position in Portugal appeared precarious. Despite defeating Marshal Masséna's French army at Bussaco, Wellington had been forced to retreat to within a few miles of Lisbon. Here the French encountered a massive line of fortifications stretching from the River Tagus to the sea. Built amid great secrecy and on Wellington's specific orders, these Lines of Torres Vedras were the French high-water mark. In February, with his army on the point of starvation, Masséna was forced to retreat and the scene was set for the climactic action of Fuentes de Oñoro. Zusammenfassung Faced by superior French forces, Wellington yet again out-thought and out-manoeuvred his opponents at Fuentes de Onoro. This book features the full story of the construction of the lines of Torres Vedras, the most massive undertakings of military engineering in the whole of the Napoleonic wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Origins of the Campaign Chronology Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans Torres Vedras The Winter fighting The Battle of Fuentes de Onoro Aftermath Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Rene Chartrand, René Chartrand
• Assisted by: Patrice Courcelle (Illustration), Courcelle Patrice (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2002
• EAN: 9781841763118
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-311-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 248 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Campaign series; Osprey Campaign S.; Campaign; Osprey Campaign S.; Campaign series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Military / Napoleonic Wars, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Warfare and defence, HISTORY / Europe / Spain