A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810
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Original author: Charles Oman
"A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810: Ocaña, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras" by Sir Charles Oman is a historical work published in 1908. This volume continues Oman's definitive seven-volume account of the Peninsular War, covering critical months when multiple armies clashed across the Iberian Peninsula. Through extensive research of diaries, dispatches, and personal reconnaissance of battlefields, Oman chronicles military campaigns involving Spain, Portugal, Britain, and France. His narrative focuses on human actors rather than abstract units, countering earlier biased accounts while revealing the complex warfare that shaped this pivotal conflict.
A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810, by Charles Oman. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #55231.
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33 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter357 words
- 2.Preface2,153 words
- 3.Section XXII: The End of the Year 1810424 words
- 4.Chapter I: Introductory. the Central Junta. Wellesley and Wellington2,876 words
- 5.Section XVII: Chapter II10,943 words
- 6.Section XVII: Chapter III (1)8,858 words
- 7.Section XVII: Chapter III (2)3,071 words
- 8.Section XVII: Chapter IV (1)8,778 words
- 9.Section XVII: Chapter IV (2)5,077 words
- 10.Chapter I: The Consequences of Ocaña. December 1809-January 18104,067 words
- 11.Section XVIII: Chapter II5,205 words
- 12.Section XVIII: Chapter III9,808 words
- 13.Chapter I: The Military Geography of Portugal5,515 words
- 14.Section XIX: Chapter II11,234 words
- 15.Section XIX: Chapter III5,590 words
- 16.Section XIX: Chapter IV7,380 words
- 17.Section XIX: Chapter V10,244 words
- 18.Section XIX: Chapter VI10,296 words
- 19.Chapter I (1)8,791 words
- 20.Chapter I (2)3,803 words
- 21.Section XX: Chapter II10,108 words
- 22.Chapter I: Masséna’s Advance to Bussaco (september 1810)7,327 words
- 23.Section XXI: Chapter II (1)8,745 words
- 24.Section XXI: Chapter II (2)4,183 words
- 25.Section XXI: Chapter III11,380 words
- 26.Section XXI: Chapter IV6,881 words
- 27.Section XXI: Chapter V (1)8,812 words
- 28.Section XXI: Chapter V (2)8,867 words
- 29.Section XXI: Chapter V (3)162 words
- 30.Chapter I: Operations in the North and East of Spain (july-December 1810)8,645 words
- 31.Section XXII: Chapter II (1)8,655 words
- 32.Section XXII: Chapter II (2)7,975 words
- 33.Section XXII: Chapter II (3)7,235 words