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Bold and Ambitious Enterprise Andrew Bamford

Bold and Ambitious Enterprise By Andrew Bamford

Bold and Ambitious Enterprise by Andrew Bamford


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Summary

New account of a forgotten yet vital British campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. Based on previously unused archival documents, the correspondence of the commanders and eyewitness accounts.

Bold and Ambitious Enterprise Summary

Bold and Ambitious Enterprise by Andrew Bamford

The British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813-14 in support of the Dutch revolt against the French is one of the lesser-known campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars, but one which the great historian of the British Army Sir John Fortescue wrote that it was impossible to understand the Waterloo campaign without a knowledge of. The book deals with all aspects of the campaign, from grand strategy, with the proposed marriage alliance between the House of Orange and the House of Hanover, to tactical analysis of the battles and sieges that took place, including the disastrous attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, where heroic British soldiers paid with their lives for their commanders' failures. The problems of co-operation between the British and Prussians described here foreshadowed those which would affect Wellington in 1815. Illustrated with contemporary portraits, plans of the fortifications of Bergen and eight maps.

About Andrew Bamford

ANDREW BAMFORD was born in Yorkshire and now lives in Derby. He holds a PhD in Military History from the University of Leeds and now works as a freelance historian and writer. As well as extensive magazine work, he is also author of the forthcoming Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword: to be published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Additional information

GOR008557753
9781848326859
1848326858
Bold and Ambitious Enterprise by Andrew Bamford
Used - Like New
Hardback
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
20130901
318
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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