Let the Men Cross: The Second Battle of Porto, May 1809, and the Liberation of Northern Portugal

by Marcus Cribb

Let the Men Cross tells the story of the battle that Wellington's biographer Elizabeth Longford called 'Wellington's greatest adventure'. Sir Arthur Wellesley, soon to be Lord Wellington, took a combined army to Portugal's second city, fighting an offensive battle on the slopes of Grijo before maneuvering into the great trading city of Porto. The city was then liberated in a daring amphibious crossing, in wine barges, right under the eyes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804514403
• ISBN13: 9781804514405
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 200 Pages