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Talavera - Wellington's First Victory in Spain

By: Pen & Sword Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Pen & Sword Books Ltd.)

Last Stocked on 6/23/2024

Product Info

Title
Talavera - Wellington's First Victory in Spain
Publisher
Category
Author
Andrew W. Field
Publish Year
2006
Pages
224
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148034427
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. The battle was the climax of the offensive launched by Wellesley and his Spanish allies to expel the French from Madrid.

Andrew Field's graphic analysis is the first full-length reassessment to be published in recent times. Using documentary records, eyewitness accounts and a painstaking study of the terrain, he reconstructs the action in vivid detail and questions assumptions about the event that have grown up over the last 200 years. He also provides an extensive tour of the battlefield.