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Lädt ... In Hell Before Daylight: Siege and Storming of the Fortress of Badajoz, 16 March to 6 April 1812von Ian Fletcher
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A good thorough account of an extraordinary, long and fierce siege under Wellington, and a thankfully short space devoted to the horrific sacking of Badajoz afterwards. The numbers of dead and wounded are hard to take in, but the way Fletcher unfolds the elements, from Wellington's sneak up on the town, through the gradual entrenchments, Soult's and Marmont's delay and then to day after day of horrendous conditions and prolonged attacks from the defending French, it comes chillingly to life. A real eye-opener to the realisties of this bloody siege and the crazed troops who lived and fought through 21 days of what must have been sheer terror. ( ) Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Together with Ciudad Rodrigo Badajoz was one of the great fortress cities which commanded the two routes between Spain and Portugal, known as the 'Keys of Spain'. Rodrigo was the first to fall in January 1812, and the following month Wellington's men began to slip away southwards to lay siege to Badajoz. The city had been attacked twice before by the British, but a lack of proper siege materials had caused both attempts to be abandoned. This time, however, they hoped to be 'third time lucky'. Based on eye-witness accounts of the men of the French and British armies, In Hell Before Daylight tells the story of this bloody siege, the conditions in which the British soldiers fought and died, and the horrifying sack of the city as the victorious army ran unchecked. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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