1987-1993 The Campaign of Waterloo & With Wellington in the Pyrenees

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Two volumes. This set contains: The Campaign of Waterloo, 1987. With numerous maps and plans throughout. Published for the first time as a separate volume, this work provides a complete account of the campaign at Waterloo, the climactic battle of the Napoleonic Wars, abstracted from Fortescue's monumental History of the British Army. Written by Sir John William Fortescue, a British military historian who was a historian of the British Army and served as Royal Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle. With Wellington in the Pyrenees, 1993. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-nine images across fifteen plates, and eight plans to the rear. Collated complete. The classic history of the Battle of the Pyrenees, one crucial week in the six-year-long campaign to relieve Spain of French occupation and rule. Written by Major-General Finlay Cochrane Beatson, a British Army officer known for his service in South Africa and as an instructor at the Staff College. He also authored several books on military history.