1849 Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

New edition, revised and augmented. A detailed record of the events of the Peninsular War, fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars between 1808 and 1814. With accounts of the most important campaigns from the initial invasion of Portugal, the commencement of hostilities in Spain, through the operations of the north and the Battles of Barossa and Albuera, to the siege and capture of St. Sebastian and the campaign of Toulouse. Written by Thomas Hamilton, a Scottish soldier and author. Revised by Frederick Hardman, an English journalist and novelist.