Название: Salamanca 1812: Wellington crushes Marmon
Автор: Ian Fletcher
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Campaign 48
ISBN: 978 1855326040
Год издания: 1997
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 96
Формат: PDF
Размер: 47,7 MB
Salamanca was the most decisive battle of the entire Peninsular War. Wellington smashed Marmont's French Army and his pursuit of its shattered remnants led to the famous cavalry charge of the King's German Legion at Garcia Hernandez. There would be two more years of sieges and hard fighting before the Iron Duke crossed the Pyrenees into France but from Salamanca the British and their Portuguese and Spanish allies always had the upper hand. Ian Fletcher examines this important battle in detail and also discusses the campaign which led up to it.