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A Bold and Ambitious Enterprise: The British Army in the Low Countries, 1813 - 1814

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#238470
Titel	A Bold and Ambitious Enterprise: The British Army in the Low Countries, 1813 - 1814
Auteur	Bamford, Andrew
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London, Frontline Books
Jaar van uitgave	2013
ISBN10	1848326858
ISBN13	9781848326859
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813-14 in support of the Dutch revolt against the French is one of the lesser-known campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars, but one which the great historian of the British Army Sir John Fortescue wrote that it was impossible to understand the Waterloo campaign without a knowledge of. The book deals with all aspects of the campaign, from grand strategy, with the proposed marriage alliance between the House of Orange and the House of Hanover, to tactical analysis of the battles and sieges that took place, including the disastrous attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, where heroic British soldiers paid with their lives for their commanders' failures. The problems of co-operation between the British and Prussians described here foreshadowed those which would affe... (Lees verder)ct Wellington in 1815. Illustrated with contemporary portraits, plans of the fortifications of Bergen and eight maps.
Pagina's	310
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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