The Surpriser: The Life of Rowland, Lord HillLord Hill has often been caricatured as an unctuous country squire, but this work corrects that impression. It details his fighting abilities, pointing out the brilliance with which he managed his troops and developed an esprit de corps among his men, and describes his ruthless, lightning-fast attacks that led to victories in the Peninsular campaign and at Waterloo. |
Contents
List of Illustrations | 7 |
Across Spain to Vitoria | 148 |
The Pyrenees and St Pierre | 158 |
Copyright | |
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71st Foot advance Albuera Allied army Almaraz Almendralejo April arrived Arroyo Molinos artillery attack August Badajoz battle Battle of Albuera began Beresford bridge British Army Bussaco Cadell Campaigns cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Clement Hill column commander in chief Corunna December Diary Dickson Manuscripts Drouet duke enemy Estremadura February France French army Girard Graham Hill ordered Hill received Hill to sister Hill to Wellington Hill's brigade Hill's corps Hill's force Hill's troops Ibid infantry January Journal of McArthur July June King's German Legion Letters from Portugal Lieutenant Lisbon London Lord Hill main army March Marmont Masséna Memoirs Merida Moore moved Moyle Sherer Murray to Hill Napoleon Narrative November October officers operation Peninsular Cavalry Peninsular War Portalegre Portuguese Recollections regiment retreat Reynier river road Rowland Hill Second Division Sidney siege Sir John Soldier's Glory soldiers Soult Spain Spanish Tagus Twenty-eighth village Wellesley Wellington to Hill Wellington's Dispatches wrote
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British Victory in Egypt, 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest Piers Mackesy No preview available - 1995 |
British Victory in Egypt, 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest Piers Mackesy No preview available - 1995 |