Peninsular Cavalry General 1811-1813 | The Correspondence of Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long Written from Portugal and Spain During the Campaigns of 1811-1813
McGuffie, T. H. [Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 - 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high command due to his abrasive manner with his superiors and his alleged tactical ineptitude].
(Book #ID 116177)
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition 1951. 1951.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pillar box red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered cream back, burgundy maps to the lining papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. The Peninsular War (1807-1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. Contains frontispiece, 304 pp with 2 pp of maps and diagrams. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with age tanning of the paper down the spine, rubbing across the spine ends, not price clipped, 15/-. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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