Bussaco 1810 Paperback / softback
by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Patrice Courcelle
Part of the Osprey Campaign S. series
Paperback / softback
Description
By 1810 Viscount Wellington had been forced onto the defensive.
Napoleon was not about to give up and ordered a third massive invasion of Portugal.
Wellington was now faced by 80,000 men of the Army of Portugal under Marshal Massena.
At Bussaco on 27 September the British/Portuguese force offered battle.
They had taken up a strong defensive position on high ground.
Massena was perhaps too confident; the determined attacks of the French were all repulsed with the loss of 4500 French casualties against less than 1300 for the Anglo-Portuguese.
This title shows how Bussaco was both a stinging defeat for the French army, and a demonstration of the courage and quality of the newly reorganized Portuguese army.
It includes coverage of the construction of the defence lines around Lisbon - a masterpiece of military engineering.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 12 colour & 75 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:16/11/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9781841763101
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 12 colour & 75 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:16/11/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9781841763101
