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Conquer or Die!

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: General Military - Assorted

Last Stocked on 3/3/2021

Product Info

Title
Conquer or Die!
Publisher
Category
Author
Ben Hughes
Publish Year
2010
Pages
376
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.4"
NKG Part #
2147434744
MFG. Part #
OSPGM056
Type
Hardcover

Description

In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion. Conditions on campaign were appalling, massacres were commonplace, rations crude, pay infrequent and supplies insufficient. Nevertheless, those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar’s success.