Badajoz 1812
Subtitle: Wellington's Bloodiest Siege (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275986179
Subjects: Warfare & Defence; History; History - Military / War; Military; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History / Military / General; Military - General; 1769-1852; Badajoz (Spain); Campaigns; Duke of,; Military leadership; Peninsular War, 1807-1814; Siege, 1812; Spain; Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,
First sentence: The importance of Badajoz lay in the fact that it commanded the southern corridor between Spain and Portugal, the fortress of Elvas was its counterpart on the Portuguese side of the border.