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- catalog abstract ""This book examines in detail the celebrated battle of Salamanca, the critical British victory that proved crushing to French pride and morale during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Focusing on the day of the battle, Rory Muir skilfully conveys the experience of ordinary soldiers on both sides, dissects each phase of the fighting and explores the crucial decisions made by each commander. He employs wide-ranging British and French sources - many unpublished or obscure - to reconstruct every aspect of the battle. Having walked the battlefield itself, a site which remains today much as it was in 1812, Muir relates the ebb and flow of the battle with particular vividness. In separate commentary sections he evaluates the sources and indicates the inevitable contradictions and gaps in evidence that have emerged during his research. Complete with maps, battleground plans, line drawings and photographs, this compelling book provides acute analysis of a single day in Salamanca that changed European history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12293016.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""This book examines in detail the celebrated battle of Salamanca, the critical British victory that proved crushing to French pride and morale during the Peninsular War (1808-1814). Focusing on the day of the battle, Rory Muir skilfully conveys the experience of ordinary soldiers on both sides, dissects each phase of the fighting and explores the crucial decisions made by each commander. He employs wide-ranging British and French sources - many unpublished or obscure - to reconstruct every aspect of the battle. Having walked the battlefield itself, a site which remains today much as it was in 1812, Muir relates the ebb and flow of the battle with particular vividness.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Campaign -- Ch. 2. Armies and Generals -- Ch. 3. Preliminary Manoeuvres and Skirmishing: Morning and Early Afternoon -- Ch. 4. Pakenham and Thomieres -- Ch. 5. Leith and Maucune -- Ch. 6. Le Marchant and the Destruction of the French Left -- Ch. 7. Collapse and Recovery in the Centre -- Ch. 8. Pack's Attack on the Greater Arapile -- Ch. 9. Ferey and the French Last Stand -- Ch. 10. Foy and the French Retreat -- Ch. 11. The Victory -- Ch. 12. The Aftermath -- Ch. 13. Consequences -- App. I. Casualties Suffered on 18 July 1812 -- App. II. Allied Strength and Losses -- App. III. French Strength and Losses -- App. IV. Letter Describing the Battle / Henry Campbell -- App. V. The Battlefield Today.".
- catalog description "In separate commentary sections he evaluates the sources and indicates the inevitable contradictions and gaps in evidence that have emerged during his research. Complete with maps, battleground plans, line drawings and photographs, this compelling book provides acute analysis of a single day in Salamanca that changed European history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-307) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 322 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0300087195 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "940.2/7 21".
- catalog subject "DC233.S2 M85 2001".
- catalog subject "Salamanca, Battle of, Salamanca, Spain, 1812.".
- catalog subject "Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Campaign -- Ch. 2. Armies and Generals -- Ch. 3. Preliminary Manoeuvres and Skirmishing: Morning and Early Afternoon -- Ch. 4. Pakenham and Thomieres -- Ch. 5. Leith and Maucune -- Ch. 6. Le Marchant and the Destruction of the French Left -- Ch. 7. Collapse and Recovery in the Centre -- Ch. 8. Pack's Attack on the Greater Arapile -- Ch. 9. Ferey and the French Last Stand -- Ch. 10. Foy and the French Retreat -- Ch. 11. The Victory -- Ch. 12. The Aftermath -- Ch. 13. Consequences -- App. I. Casualties Suffered on 18 July 1812 -- App. II. Allied Strength and Losses -- App. III. French Strength and Losses -- App. IV. Letter Describing the Battle / Henry Campbell -- App. V. The Battlefield Today.".
- catalog title "Salamanca 1812 / Rory Muir.".
- catalog type "text".