With the "Thirty-Second" in the Peninsular and Other Campaigns: The Experiences of a British Infantry Officer Throughout the Napoleonic Wars - Couverture rigide

Ross-Lewin, Harry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0857062581 ISBN 13 : 9780857062581

Editeur : Leonaur Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

A British infantry officer of Wellington's Army

Harry Ross-Lewin is yet another of that small band of British soldiers of the Napoleonic era who wrote a memoir of his military service and in so doing left for posterity an invaluable volume of source material including his experiences of camp, campaign and battlefield, as well insightful perspectives on the campaigns of which he was part. Like Wellington himself, Ross-Lewin came from a family of Anglo-Irish aristocrats. It was then perhaps inevitable he would enter the militia and subsequently transfer into the regular army. This was time of great military adventure and opportunity. Ross-Lewin saw the siege and fall of Copenhagen, took part in the battles Roleia and Vimiera, the assault on Flushing and the storming of the Salamanca forts where he was severely wounded. His Peninsular War continued with the unsuccessful siege of Burgos and the retreat that followed, Badajos and the battle of Orthes as the campaign rolled through the Pyrenees to its conclusion in Southern France and Napoleon's abdication. The 32nd were called to battle once again for the Belgian Campaign of 1815 as Napoleon sought to regain the imperial crown as part of Kempt's 8th Brigade. The brigade was heavily engaged at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo itself sustaining over 1300 casualties. This is a riveting and essential first hand account of the sharp end of Napoleonic warfare and no enthusiast of the period will wish it to be absent from their library. Available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Harry Ross-Lewin was an Anglo-Irish soldier who, after enlisting as an ensign served and rose in rank with the First Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry under Wellesley (later Wellington) in the Danish and Walcheren expeditions, and in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign. He was present at most of the Peninsular War’s major engagements, including the battles of Roleia, Vimiera, Salamanca, Orthes and Toulouse. He fought in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo - where his battalion was in the heat of the action at La Haye Saine farm, and lost 545 men out of 674. Later, as Lieutenant-Governor, Ross-Lewin ruled in both the Channel and the Ionian islands. Commended by Wellington himself, and edited by John Wardell, these memoirs offer interesting descriptions and great individual insights into a British officer’s life during the Napoleonic Wars, and should appeal to all enthusiasts of that conflict.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Anglo-Irish Officer?s memoirs of the Peninsular, Waterloo and other Napoleonic campaigns. The book was recommended by Wellington himself.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leonaur Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857062581
• ISBN 13: 9780857062581
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible