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Charging Against Wellington: the French Cavalry in the Peninsular War, 1807-1814 by Robert Burnham (Hardcover, 2011)

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Like the author's previous book, The British Army Against Napoleon, Charging Against Wellington draws heavily on primary sources, manuals, memoirs, and regimental histories to bring to life the officers and men of the regiments that fought. The book is divided into three sections. The first contains biographies of 80 generals who led the French cavalry, focusing on the time they served in the Peninsular and its impact on their careers. Two went on to become Marshals of France and many were promoted and given greater responsibilities. For others, their careers were damaged while serving in Spain or Portugal nine were relieved from their commands. Nearly half of the generals were killed, wounded, captured, or died from their wounds in Spain: a high price for glory. The second section looks at the ever-changing organization of the cavalry, month and year, where the various regiments and brigades were located and who commanded them. This is not as easy as a task as it may appear, because a considerable amount of the cavalry was provisional regiments, consisting of squadrons drawn from other regiments. By April 1814, the peninsular cavalry was down to 4,000 men as shadow of the force that invaded six years before. Charging Against Wellington chronicles all the changes, showing which units left, when they left, and how their departure impacted the army. The third section looks at the service record of the 70+ French cavalry regiments that fought in Spain and Portugal. There is a table for each regiment that tracks the regiment's colonels, composition, organization, strength, and casualties while in the Peninsular, and when it's various squadrons arrived and departed. AUTHOR: Bob Burnham is the editor of the largest Napoleonic website, the Napoleon Series, and is the author of Inside Wellington's Peninsular Army. The first volume of this series The British Army Against Napoleon was published in 2010. SELLING POINTS: . An invaluable reference source that contains 250 tables filled with hard-to-find data on the French cavalry in the Peninsular War . In addition to tables, there is a narrative highlighting every cavalry regiment's accomplishments on campaign and in garrison . This is the first book that examines the organizational structure of the cavalry ILLUSTRATIONS: 8 pages of plates *

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Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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9781848325913
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Robert Burnham
Publication Name
Charging Against Wellington: the French Cavalry in the Peninsular War, 1807-1814
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Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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234mm
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156mm

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Robert Burnham
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United Kingdom

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