Informationen zum Autor Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History , Wellington's Guns , Wellington Invades France , the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington's Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 163951 . He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford. Klappentext Now back in print, this new and revised edition of The Peninsular War Atlas has added new and updated maps and content to reflect the latest research into the long struggle for control of the Iberian Peninsula, all in an attractive slip case gift package. Colonel Nick Lipscombe, who is based in Spain and is the chairman of the Peninsular War 200 organization, has used his unique perspective to make this new edition the very best study of the subject on the market. The Peninsular War saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars. Over a period of five years it is estimated that half a million soldiers and civilians were killed in this bloodbath, however the battles there are far less well-known than other Napoleonic battles like Waterloo. Despite the exposure given this theatre in the Sharpe novels, the soldiers who fought there have received little public recognition. The bicentennial commemorations of this war aim to bring the war to wider recognition, bringing the Spanish, Portuguese and British together in remembering the dead, and re-examining the war in a balanced way. Vorwort An updated and revised edition of Osprey's Atlas of the Peninsular War, featuring highly detailed mapping supported by an authoritative and fascinating text. Zusammenfassung The Peninsular War is one of the defining campaigns of the British Army and sealed its reputation for supreme professionalism, heroic obstinacy and sheer perseverance. This book presents an examination of the conflict with 164 original maps, accompanied by an authoritative text narrating the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by The Duke of Wellington Preface Chronology Introduction by Professor Charles Esdaile Legend Junot's Invasion of Portugal The Road to War - The First Six Months of 1808 The Spanish Backlash and the French Response: May-June 1808 The First Siege of Zaragoza, 15 June-14 August 1808 Operations in the North: The Battle of Medina de Rióseco Capitulation at Bailén: The Greatest Spanish Victory of the War French Failures and British Intervention The Liberation of Portugal Strategic Manoeuvring: September to October 1808 Napoleonic Intervention: November 1808 Napoleon enters Madrid and Moore enters Spain The Campaign in Catalonia: autumn 1808 Isolation and Retreat: December 1808 to January 1809 Napoleon Departs for France: the Situation in Early 1809 Continued French Success: February and March 1908 The Second French Invasion of Portugal: January to March 1809 Wellesley Returns Suchet: An Inauspicious Start The Talavera Campaign: May to July 1809 The End of the Talavera Campaign: August 1809 The Disastrous Autumn Campaign: 1809 The Capture of Girona: May to December 1809 Subjugation of Andalusia: January to February 1810 Aragon and the East Coast: January to May 1810 1810: The Year of Sieges The Third French Invasion of Portugal The Lines of Torres Vedras Offensive on the East Coast: Tortosa Soult's Invasion of Estremadura: January to March 1811 The South of Spain: January to March 1811 Masséna:...

Vorwort
An updated and revised edition of Osprey's Atlas of the Peninsular War, featuring highly detailed mapping supported by an authoritative and fascinating text.

Autorentext
Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History, Wellington's Guns, Wellington Invades France, the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington's Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 163951. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford.

Klappentext

Now back in print, this new and revised edition of The Peninsular War Atlas has added new and updated maps and content to reflect the latest research into the long struggle for control of the Iberian Peninsula, all in an attractive slip case gift package.

Colonel Nick Lipscombe, who is based in Spain and is the chairman of the Peninsular War 200 organization, has used his unique perspective to make this new edition the very best study of the subject on the market. The Peninsular War saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars. Over a period of five years it is estimated that half a million soldiers and civilians were killed in this bloodbath, however the battles there are far less well-known than other Napoleonic battles like Waterloo. Despite the exposure given this theatre in the Sharpe novels, the soldiers who fought there have received little public recognition. The bicentennial commemorations of this war aim to bring the war to wider recognition, bringing the Spanish, Portuguese and British together in remembering the dead, and re-examining the war in a balanced way.

Zusammenfassung
The Peninsular War is one of the defining campaigns of the British Army and sealed its reputation for supreme professionalism, heroic obstinacy and sheer perseverance. This book presents an examination of the conflict with 164 original maps, accompanied by an authoritative text narrating the war.

Inhalt

Foreword by The Duke of Wellington
Preface
Chronology

Introduction by Professor Charles Esdaile

Legend
Junot's Invasion of Portugal
The Road to War - The First Six Months of 1808
The Spanish Backlash and the French Response: May-June 1808
The First Siege of Zaragoza, 15 June-14 August 1808
Operations in the North: The Battle of Medina de Rióseco
Capitulation at Bailén: The Greatest Spanish Victory of the War
French Failures and British Intervention
The Liberation of Portugal
Strategic Manoeuvring: September to October 1808
Napoleonic Intervention: November 1808
Napoleon enters Madrid and Moore enters Spain
The Campaign in Catalonia: autumn 1808
Isolation and Retreat: December 1808 to January 1809
Napoleon Departs for France: the Situation in Early 1809
Continued French Success: February and March 1908
The Second French Invasion of Portugal: January to March 1809
Wellesley Returns
Suchet: An Inauspicious Start
The Talavera Campaign: May to July 1809
The End of the Talavera Campaign: August 1809
The Disastrous Autumn Campaign: 1809
The Capture of Girona: May to December 1809
Subjugation of Andalusia: January to February 1810
Aragon and the East Coast: January to May 1810
1810: The Year of Sieges
The Third French Invasion of Portugal
The Lines of Torres Vedras
Offensive on the East Coast: Tortosa
Soult's Invasion of Estremadura: January to March 1811
The South of Spain: January to March 1811
Masséna: Retreat and Demise, March to May 1811
The Allied Campaign in Estremadura: March to August 1811
The Watershed: mid-1811
Figueras & Tarragona: The East Coast, April to August 1811
Border Skirmishes: June to September 1811
The Conquest of Valencia: September 1811 to January 1812
The Culmination of a Year of Mixed Fortunes: December 1811
Capturing the 'Keys to Spain': January to …