Author: Publisher: Royal Highland Fusiliers
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Highland Light Infantry Chronicle
Author: Publisher: Royal Highland Fusiliers
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The British Invasion of the River Plate 1806-1807
Author: Ben HughsPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781590664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the battlefield and Montevideo was taken by storm, but the campaign ended in disaster when 6000 redcoats and riflemen surrendered following a bloody battle in the streets of the Argentine capital. So ended one of the most humiliating and neglected episodes of the entire Napoleonic Wars.??In The British Invasion of the River Plate Ben Hughes tells the story of this forgotten campaign in graphic detail. His account is based on research carried out across two continents. It draws on contemporary newspaper reports, official documents and the memoirs, letters and journals of the men who were there.??He describes the initially successful British invasion, which was stopped when their troops were surrounded in Buenos Aires main square and forced to surrender, and the second British attack which was eventually defeated too. His narrative covers the course of the entire campaign and its aftermath. While focusing on the military and political aspects of the campaign, his book gives an insight into the actions of the main protagonists William Carr Beresford, Sir Home Popham, Santiago de Liniers and Black Bob Craufurd and into the experiences of the forgotten rank and file.??He also considers the long-term impact of the campaign on the fortunes of the opposing sides. Many of the British survivors went on to win glory in the Peninsular War. For the Uruguayans and Argentines, their victory gave them a sense of national pride that would eventually encourage them to wrest their independence from Spain.
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle
Author: James Edmund Henderson NevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Abraham Esau's War
Author: Bill NassonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521530590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book describes the participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace.
A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1880-[95]: 1891-1895
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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Willing's Press Guide
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Coverage of publications outside the UK and in non-English languages expands steadily until, in 1991, it occupies enough of the Guide to require publication in parts.
Willing's Press Guide and Advertisers' Directory and Handbook
Author: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British LibrarySubject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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