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Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars

By René Chartrand , Bill Younghusband

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2000
ISBN
1855327678, 9781855327672
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6108811 bytes)
Series
1) : 1793-1815 (Men-At-Arms Series, 343
Pages
48\46
Time added
2013-05-21 19:25:38

Description

Osprey are confident in boasting that this remarkable three-part study will transform the research material available to the English-speaking student of the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Most know that Wellington's Portuguese troops were praised as the 'fighting cocks' of his army; fewer appreciate that they represented between half and one-third of his entire forces. Similarly, most uniform historians have been limited to a few half-understood paintings by Dighton, and brief notes from secondary sources. René Chartrand's recent primary research in Portuguese and British archives now offers a wealth of important new material. An excellent book - groundbreaking in its originality.

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