The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) |
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Author:
| Chartrand, Rene |
Illustrator:
| Younghusband, Bill |
Series title: | Men-at-Arms Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-85532-767-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionOsprey 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.