Wellington's Army in the Peninsula 1809-14 (Battle Orders)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: February 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841765174
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Land forces & warfare; c 1800 to c 1900; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History; History - Military / War; History: American; British Isles; Southern Europe; History / Military / General; Modern - 19th Century
First sentence: At the outset of the Peninsular War in 1808 the British expeditionary force that landed at Mondego Bay near Lisbon was, to anticipate Kaiser Bill's rather unfortunate turn of phrase, a 'contemptible little army' which merely promised to be an irritant rather than a serious threat to the mighty armies of imperial France.