Author : Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban GCB KCH KCTS FRS
Release : 2015-11-06
Genre : History
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The Peninsular Journal Of Major-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban: 1808-1817 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Peninsular Journal Of Major-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban: 1808-1817 write by Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban GCB KCH KCTS FRS. This book was released on 2015-11-06. The Peninsular Journal Of Major-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban: 1808-1817 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Whether among the first three to charge the French guns at Medellin, leading his troopers into the enemy ranks at Salamanca, or evolving order out of the chaos that bedevilled the Portuguese Army in 1809, Sir Benjamin D’Urban was not only a brave and resolute soldier but also a painstaking and highly efficient Chief of Staff to Marshal Beresford. Finding, on arrival at Corunna in October 1808, that he had been appointed to that part of the Army left behind in Portugal, D’Urban set out to meet Sir John Moore in the hope of receiving fresh orders. This was the beginning of six years unbroken service which included taking part in ten battles and sieges. After a short period as Staff Officer to Sir Robert Wilson, he was appointed Colonel and QMG to the Portuguese Army by Marshal Beresford in April 1809. The Journals give a day to day summary of the Peninsular Campaign, which was found invaluable by Sir Charles Oman, and provides a counter to what D’Urban considered unfair criticism of Beresford by Sir Charles Napier. Long out of print, this unique record of events fills a need for everyone interested in the campaigns of 1809-1815, particularly in regard to the operations of the Right Wing of the Allied Army and of the part played by the Portuguese Army, which has not always received the credit due for some of its major exploits. The post-war Journals, 1815-1817, bring a telling insight to the problems faced by Beresford and his British officers as the Regents in Portugal aim at the destruction of the proud Army, so lovingly and laboriously created by the Marshal and his staff.”-Print ed.