The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1808-1811
2020, 1st edition. Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390552
Physical Description: 302 pages, illustrated, 24 cm. Contents: Chapter One: Origins of the British Light Infantry; Chapter Two: The First Peninsular Campaign,1808; Chapter Three: Sir John Moore's Campaignin Spain; Chapter Four: The Retreat to Corunna; Chapter Five: Return to the Peninsula andthe 1809 Campaign; Chapter Six: Outpost Duties,1810; Chapter Seven: Combat on the Coˆ a; Chapter Eight: The Battle of Buc¸aco Ridge; Chapter Nine: The Lines of Torres Vedras andWinter 1810-1811; Chapter Ten: The Pursuit to Spain, March 1811; Chapter Eleven: Fuentes de On˜ oro; Appendix: Craufurd's Standing Orders [Post 1810]; Notes; Index. Subjects: Peninsular War; Wars; Military History; History.
Price: €21.00