Can No One Win Battles If I'm Not There?

by Geoffrey Watson

The starving French army is in full retreat from Portugal, harassed all the way by the Hornets. They make a stand on the River Côa, fighting a battle on the high plateau near Sabugal...Masséna retreats to Salamanca, but returns to fight and lose at Fuentes de Oñoro. Wellington splits his army to besiege Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Soult races up from Seville and fights Beresford at the bloody battle of Albuera. The various battalions of the Hornets take part in all these, culminating in the attack by General Hill on d'Erlon's division. The Portuguese Vespãos battalion helps to train units of the Spanish Army of Galicia and together they attack French garrisons to distract the French from the two sieges.Customer volume of the entertaining series written by Mr. Watson details the adventures of Joshua Wellbeloved and his battalion/brigade during the campaign of 1811 in the Peninsular War. The whole series is extremely well researched and the geographical descriptions are top notch.''Great story well told with considerable historical fact. The weave of the content and characters are very plausible and make the book difficult to put down.'

301 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 2013

Reviews

[John Nino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wellington’s right arm

The Naval Brigade commanded by General uWelbeloved continues to support Pushing the French around all parts of Spain. The tactics they have adopted bring a new way of fighting to the Peninsular Campaign.