Fortresses of the Peninsular War 1808-14 (Fortress)
Contributors: Chris Taylor (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: November 21, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841765778
Subjects: Castles; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Warfare & Defence; History: World; History; History - Military / War; Europe; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History / Military / General; Military - Other
First sentence: Napoleon Bonaparte once said that while fortresses would not stop an army, they would nevertheless retard its movements: nowhere was this proven more clearly than in the Iberian Peninsula during the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814.