This volume - covering the final years of the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and the long trek over the Pyrenees into France - concludes the author's remarkable in-depth study of the army that fought alongside Wellington's redcoats throughout the Peninsular War. Prior to 1813 it was the Spanish armies that bore the brunt of the fighting and this text - based on primary research in Spanish and British archives which will be new to most readers - fills a large and long-standing gap in our knowledge of those Napoleonic campaigns which have always fascinated English-speaking students of the period.
This volume - covering the final years of the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and the long trek over the Pyrenees into France - concludes the author's remarkable in-depth study of the army that fought alongside Wellington's redcoats throughout the Peninsular War. Prior to 1813 it was the Spanish armies that bore the brunt of the fighting and this text - based on primary research in Spanish and British archives which will be new to most readers - fills a large and long-standing gap in our knowledge of those Napoleonic campaigns which have always fascinated English-speaking students of the period.
The State of the Spanish Armies · Uniforms and Equipment · Cavalry · Infantry · Specialist Troops · Guerrillas and Militias · The Army of King Joseph-Napoleon · Select Bibliography · The Plates
René Chartrand was born in Montral and educated in Canada, the
United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's
National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a
freelance writer and historical consultant for cinema and historic
sites restorations. He has written numerous articles and books
including almost 20 Osprey titles and the first two volumes of
Canadian Military Heritage. Also a student of wines, he currently
lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons.
Bill Younghusband was born in 1936. He was educated in Devon and
studied at Newton Abbot College of Art. He has been interested in
all things military since childhood, and this interest was
compounded through the reading of authors such as G.A. Henty. In
1954 he joined the Life Guards and saw service in Egypt and Cyprus.
Bill is a respected military illustrator of more than 15 years
experience, and has illustrated many Osprey books including
Men-at-Arms 299 Austrian Auxiliary Troops 1792-1816 and Campaigns
48 Salamanca 1812 and 59 Vittoria 1813. He is married with one
daughter and currently lives in Ireland.
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