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Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain
Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain
Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain
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Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain

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The author of Waterloo shares an extensive history of the Battle of Talavera between the British & Spanish and the French.

The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. The battle was the climax of the offensive launched by Wellesley and his Spanish allies to expel the French from Madrid. Andrew Field’s graphic analysis is the first full-length reassessment to be published in recent times. Using documentary records, eyewitness accounts, and a painstaking study of the terrain, he reconstructs the action in vivid detail and questions assumptions about the event that have grown up over the last 200 years. He also provides an extensive tour of the battlefield.
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Release dateNov 17, 2005
ISBN9781473818828
Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain
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Andrew W. Field

Andrew Field MBE is a former British army officer whose travels around the world have given him a unique opportunity to explore battlefields from ancient history to present times. He has always harboured a special fascination for the Napoleonic Wars. In particular he has reassessed Napoleon's campaigns in 1814 and 1815, and has carried out extensive research into Wellington's battles in the Peninsula. His books include Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain, Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras, Grouchy’s Waterloo: The Battles of Ligny and Wavre and Waterloo: Rout and Retreat: The French Perspective.

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    A slim but solid, highly readable account of Wellington's first Spanish victory accompanied by decent maps, excellent orders of battle (huarrah!), a solid bibliography and includes a very nice tour of the battlefield with photographs. Nothing fancy but a very solid volume for those who want more than an Osprey on this bloody battle. Unusally, the author even has some good things to say about the Spanish! Recommended.

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