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1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates and Maps; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Defending Lisbon; Chapter 2: Return to the Peninsula; Chapter 3: From Portugal to the Pyrenees; Chapter 4: Into France as an Aide de Camp; Chapter 5: The Hundred Days; Chapter 6: Two Courts Martial and a Coronation; Appendix I: Report on the 12th Light Dragoons after the Retreat from Burgos; Appendix II: Major Brotherton's Account of his Capture; Appendix III: Orders and Instructions for Outpost Duty, 1815; Appendix IV: Lieutenant Colonel Ponsonby's Account of the Waterloo Campaign. |
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Appendix V: The Finding of the Court, and Approval and Confirmation Thereof by the QueenAppendix VI: H.M. 10th Royal Regiment of Huzzars: Return of the Number Embarked at Gravesend; Select Bibliography and Further Reading; Index. |
| Summary |
The author has done a quite outstanding job of editing and footnoting this rare memoir . . . this will be of genuine interest to the Peninsular War historian or enthusiast.' Philip Haythornthwaitéђ·́ђ·John Vandeleur's letters home to his mother are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting everything from day-to-day life on campaign to the experience of pitched battle at Vitoria and Waterloo. ́ђ·́ђ·As first a light infantryman and then a light cavalryman, Vandeleur was frequently on the outposts of Wellington's forces, in frequent contact with the French and often obliged to live a rough-and-ready lifestyle as a result. The conditions that he endured, and the camaraderie that sustained him, are vividly recounted in this fascinating collection - previously only available in an extremely rare private publication over a century ago. ́ђ·́ђ·Expertly edited and enhanced with contemporary documents and commentary by Andrew Bamford, this is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaign. |
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Vandelure, John., 1793-1864.
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Peninsular War (1807-1814) (OCoLC)fst01056924
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, British.
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HISTORY / Europe / Western.
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| Chronological Term |
1807-1814
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Personal narratives -- British.
(OCoLC)fst01424087
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| Added Author |
Bamford, Andrew, 1981- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vandeleur, John. With Wellington's Outposts 1848327749 (OCoLC)907630101 |
| ISBN |
9781473854734 (electronic bk.) |
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1473854733 (electronic bk.) |
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