Talavera
Wellington's First Victory in Spain
Published on 17. November 2005
224 pages
978-1-78383-950-6 (ISBN)
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The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. The battle was the climax of the offensive launched by Wellesley and his Spanish allies to expel the French from Madrid. Andrew Field's graphic analysis is the first full-length reassessment to be published in recent times. Using documentary records, eyewitness accounts and a painstaking study of the terrain, he reconstructs the action in vivid detail and questions assumptions about the event that have grown up over the last 200 years. He also provides an extensive tour of the battlefield.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Wellesley Returns to the Peninsula
- Chapter 2 The Armies
- Chapter 3 The Commanders
- Chapter 4 Tactics
- Chapter 5 Plans
- Chapter 6 27 July 1809
- Chapter 7 28 July 1809
- Chapter 8 The Main Attack
- Chapter 9 Aftermath
- Chapter 10 An Assessment of the Battle
- Chapter 11 A Tour of the Battlefield
- Annex A The British Infantry Regiments at Talavera
- Annex B The British Army at Talavera
- Annex C The Spanish Army of Extremadura
- Annex D The French Army at Talavera
- Annex E British Losses on 27 July
- Annex F British Losses on 28 July
- Annex G French Losses on 27-28 July
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
