Battle of Albuera 1811: Glorious Field of Grief

by Richard Partridge, Michael Oliver, Michael Oliver

On 16 May 1811 a combined British, Portuguese and Spanish force commanded by the British general Beresford met the French army under Soult at Albuera in southern Spain. What followed was one of the bloodiest and most controversial battles of the Peninsular War. Yet despite the battle's significance in the wider campaign to expel Napoleon's armies from Spain, the story of Albuera has rarely received the coverage accorded to other battles of the war...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844154610
• ISBN13: 9781844154616
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"