Project Gutenberg 2020-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 256 Napier, William Francis Patrick 1785 1860 Napier, W. F. P. (William Francis Patrick) Napier, Maj-Gen Sir W.F.P. English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula. Extracted from his 'Peninsula War'. Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries (http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/).) "English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula" by Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Napier is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the British military campaigns during the Peninsular War, detailing various battles and sieges such as Roriça, Vimiero, and Coruña, highlighting the challenges faced by British forces against the formidable French army and their strategies. It seeks to honor British soldiers and provide an authentic representation of military encounters through the lens of a participant and historian. The opening of the text sets the stage by introducing the circumstances of the British military's engagement in Portugal against French forces. It recounts the Combat of Roriça, describing Sir Arthur Wellesley’s tactical maneuvers and the difficulties encountered during the fight. The narrative details the composition of forces, the geographical challenges, and the unfolding battle events including critical mistakes and heroic actions amidst the chaos of war. This initial portion serves to establish the tone, context, and the author's firsthand understanding of the complexities of wartime leadership and military engagement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Peninsular War, 1807-1814 DC Text Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Warfare 1153688 2025-07-25T06:55:35.693628 text/html 1131317 2024-10-18T06:10:45 text/html 911083 2025-07-25T06:55:46.822556 application/epub+zip 911843 2025-07-25T06:55:37.612600 application/epub+zip 525738 2025-07-25T06:55:36.660588 application/epub+zip 1464583 2025-07-25T06:55:54.519488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1413033 2025-07-25T06:55:45.898578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750019 2022-09-28T13:46:11.925203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1095586 2025-07-25T06:55:34.763609 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1075567 2024-10-18T06:10:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16717 2025-07-25T06:55:54.680491 application/rdf+xml 10071 2025-07-25T06:55:36.850577 image/jpeg 2097 2025-07-25T06:55:36.754603 image/jpeg 910680 2025-07-25T06:55:35.787581 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