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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809Charles Oman

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809

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Original author: Charles Oman

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"A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809: From the treaty of…" by Sir Charles Oman is a scholarly historical work published in 1902. This first volume of a seven-volume series examines the military campaigns of the Peninsular War in Iberia during the Napoleonic conflicts. Oman meticulously researched diaries, dispatches, and archives while personally visiting battlefields to counter earlier biased accounts. His Victorian prose brings equal analysis to Spanish, Portuguese, British, and French forces, focusing on individual soldiers rather than abstract military units in this thorough chronicle of warfare.

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809, by Charles Oman. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #53264.

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45 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter341 words
  2. 2.Preface3,289 words
  3. 3.Section VIII: The Campaign of Sir John Moore235 words
  4. 4.Chapter I: The Treaty of Fontainebleau4,479 words
  5. 5.Section I: Chapter II5,856 words
  6. 6.Section I: Chapter III2,851 words
  7. 7.Section I: Chapter IV4,139 words
  8. 8.Section I: Chapter V5,793 words
  9. 9.Section I: Chapter VI6,075 words
  10. 10.Chapter I: Military Geography of the Peninsula: Mountains, Rivers, Roads7,278 words
  11. 11.Section II: Chapter II5,648 words
  12. 12.Section II: Chapter III4,257 words
  13. 13.Section II: Chapter IV3,760 words
  14. 14.Chapter I: Opening of Hostilities: the French Invasions of Andalusia and Valencia6,827 words
  15. 15.Section III: Chapter II9,371 words
  16. 16.Section III: Chapter III5,164 words
  17. 17.Section III: Chapter IV (1)8,834 words
  18. 18.Section III: Chapter IV (2)3,646 words
  19. 19.Chapter I: The Outbreak of the Portuguese Insurrection5,423 words
  20. 20.Section IV: Chapter II9,024 words
  21. 21.Section IV: Chapter III8,077 words
  22. 22.Section IV: Chapter IV6,511 words
  23. 23.Section IV: Chapter V4,916 words
  1. 24.Section IV: Chapter VI3,809 words
  2. 25.Chapter I: Duhesme’s Operations: First Siege of Gerona (june-July, 1808)8,457 words
  3. 26.Section V: Chapter II5,037 words
  4. 27.Chapter I: The French Retreat to the Ebro3,158 words
  5. 28.Section VI: Chapter II4,827 words
  6. 29.Section VI: Chapter III5,091 words
  7. 30.Section VI: Chapter IV3,327 words
  8. 31.Chapter I: French and Spanish Preparations6,148 words
  9. 32.Section VII: Chapter II4,169 words
  10. 33.Section VII: Chapter III6,263 words
  11. 34.Section VII: Chapter IV5,561 words
  12. 35.Section VII: Chapter V7,679 words
  13. 36.Section VII: Chapter VI9,845 words
  14. 37.Chapter I: Napoleon at Madrid5,418 words
  15. 38.Section VIII: Chapter II11,238 words
  16. 39.Section VIII: Chapter III10,955 words
  17. 40.Section VIII: Chapter IV8,516 words
  18. 41.Section VIII: Chapter V10,225 words
  19. 42.Section VIII: Chapter VI (1)8,822 words
  20. 43.Section VIII: Chapter VI (2)8,316 words
  21. 44.Section VIII: Chapter VI (3)8,068 words
  22. 45.Section VIII: Chapter VI (4)3,002 words