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French Campaign in Portugal, 1810-1811
The core of this volume is an English translation of a remarkable French manuscript, an eyewitness account by Jean Jacques Pelet, first aide-de-camp to Marshal Andre Massena, of the French campaign in Portugal during the Peninsular War.
570 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1973
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November 12, 2015
A sometimes informative book about the third invasion of Portugal by the French in 1810-1811, this work by Jean Jacques Pelet, 1st aide-de-camp to Marshal Massena, examines the trials and tribulations of the French as they try to drive the Anglo-Portuguese Army from Portugal.
It concentrates on the problems encountered with difficult terrain, bad maps, a stubborn enemy, the Lines of Torres Vedras, and animosity among the French generals who seemed to prefer fighting among themselves rather than with the enemy.
Napoleon expected much from Massena, but in the end it was the French who left Portugal.
It concentrates on the problems encountered with difficult terrain, bad maps, a stubborn enemy, the Lines of Torres Vedras, and animosity among the French generals who seemed to prefer fighting among themselves rather than with the enemy.
Napoleon expected much from Massena, but in the end it was the French who left Portugal.
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