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The British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War, 1835-1838

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#327829-XE5
Titel	The British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War, 1835-1838
Auteur	Brett, Edward M.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Dublin : Four Courts Press
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	1851829156
ISBN13	9781851829156
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated in colour and b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The two Carlist wars are probably the least remembered, outside Spain, of the civil conflicts of the country. In the first of these, as in 1936, foreign volunteers fought on both sides, among them the 10,000 men of the British Auxiliary Legion, an arm of Palmerston's foreign policy supporting the liberal Cristino cause and the young Queen Isabella II against her uncle, Don Carlos, pretender to the throne. With the Foreign Enlistment Act suspended in 1835, troops were recruited in Britain and Ireland to fight in a savage struggle. Ill-paid, poorly supplied and inadequately accommodated in appaling weather, the Legion suffered heavy mortality from typhus, yet fought bravely in battle, contributing to an eventual Cristino victory. Ireland played a prominent role in the Legion with four design... (Lees verder)ated Irish regiments and many more men serving in other units.
Pagina's	240
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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