Project Gutenberg 2019-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 253 Southey, Robert 1774 1843 History of the Peninsular War, Volume 4 (of 6) Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "History of the Peninsular War, Volume 4 (of 6)" by Robert Southey is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This volume continues to detail the events and military engagements during the Peninsular War, focusing on the interactions between British and Spanish forces and their opposition to the French military. The narrative is set against the backdrop of the early 1800s, a tumultuous time in European history dominated by the conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars. At the start of this volume, Southey introduces the critical situation involving British General Sir Arthur Wellesley and Spanish General Cuesta as they prepare to engage French Marshal Victor's forces. The opening chapter details Wellesley’s strategic decisions and the consequent errors made by Cuesta that complicate the plans for a united attack against the French. As the two armies coordinate their efforts, the tension between Cuesta's indecision and the urgency of the conflict sets the stage for the ensuing battles, including the pivotal Battle of Talavera, as well as challenges in logistics and morale that hinder the combined forces’ effectiveness. Throughout this opening section, the narrative emphasizes both the camaraderie and the rivalries among military leaders against the pressing backdrop of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Peninsular War, 1807-1814 DC Text Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 994361 2025-06-24T06:27:17.189370 text/html 967297 2024-10-17T14:01:33 text/html 436967 2025-06-24T06:27:29.469336 application/epub+zip 453510 2025-06-24T06:27:19.500353 application/epub+zip 447551 2025-06-24T06:27:18.402395 application/epub+zip 672040 2025-06-24T06:27:36.986260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612638 2025-06-24T06:27:28.326305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607061 2022-09-27T09:25:00.979895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 878387 2025-06-24T06:27:15.952398 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 858481 2024-10-17T14:01:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16536 2025-06-24T06:27:37.144258 application/rdf+xml 10288 2025-06-24T06:27:18.538345 image/jpeg 1656 2025-06-24T06:27:18.471345 image/jpeg 398642 2025-06-24T06:27:17.274379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia