The Battle of Barrosa, 1811
Subtitle: forgotten battle of the Peninsular War
By: John Grehan & Martin Mace
Contributors: Mace, Martin
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781629140735; 9781628737240
Subjects: Barrosa, Battle of, Spain, 1811; Western; HISTORY
Description: By the winter of 1810?11, the armies of Napoleon had overrun most of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte sat on the throne in Madrid. But the Spanish Government had found refuge in the fortress-port of Cadiz and the Spaniards refused to admit that they had been conquered. With a British army under Sir Thomas Graham helping to defend Cadiz, the Spanish cause seemed certain to prevail. But then the Spaniards wanted to throw Graham's force into a reckless battle against the French. If the battle was won, the siege of Cadiz would be lifted; if the battle was lost Cadiz would be rendered defense.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Pete Jackson, MBE; Introduction 'A few cannon shots'; Maps; 1 Saving Spain; 2 Enter the Lion; 3 A Common Cause; 4 A Considerable Risk; 5 Manoeuvres in the Dark; 6 Barrosa's Blood-Drenched Hill; 7 'A Great and Glorious Triumph'; 8 'That Terrible Day'; 9 A Confusion of Commands; 10 'A Day of Unequalled Joy'; 11 Long Shadows; The Battlefields of the Barrosa Campaign; title: A Visitors' Guide; Appendix I: Force under Major General John Randall MacKenzie directed to Cadiz, February 1809.; title: Appendix II: The army under Captain General the Duke of Albuquerque, Isla de Leon, 24 February 1810Appendix III: Allotment of the troops under Lieutenant General Graham, Isla de Leon, 30 July 1810; Appendix IV: The Battle of Barrosa, 5 March 1811, Order of Battle; Appendix V: Graham's Barrosa Dispatch; Appendix VI: Opposing forces at the Siege of Tarifa; Appendix VII: Composition of the British forces at Cadiz, 25 August 1811; Notes and References; Bibliography; General Index.