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Conquer or Die!: Wellington’s veterans and the liberation of the new world

By Ben Hughes

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing Ltd.
Year
2010
ISBN
9781849081832, 9781472895837, 9781849089241
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4195545 bytes)
Pages
\392
Time added
2023-05-22 13:29:32

Description

In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion. Conditions on campaign were appalling, massacres were commonplace, rations crude, pay infrequent and supplies insufficient. Nevertheless, those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar’s success.

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