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Fuentes de Onoro 1811 - Wellington's Liberation of Portugal

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Napoleonic Wars

MSRP old price: $23.95


Product Info

Title
Fuentes de Onoro 1811 - Wellington's Liberation of Portugal
Publisher
Category
Author
Rene Chartrand
Publish Year
2002
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397760
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM099
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM99

Description

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. This book examines this crucial campaign culminating in the hard-fought battle that finally drove the French from Portugal.