Ian Fletcher
Ian Fletcher is one of the leading authorities on the Peninsular War and Wellington¹s army. Born in London in 1957, his first book, In Hell Before Daylight, was published in 1984, since when he has written or edited over 20 more. He also runs Ian Fletcher Battlefield Tours. Ian has worked on the BBC¹s Decisive Weapons series, The History Channel¹s Line of Fire series and Channel 4's series on evolutionary Armies. He has also broadcast on radio and continues to lecture whenever he can. A Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and a Member of the British Commission for Military History...
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Trade Paperback | 64 pages | Osprey Publishing | History - Military
978-1-84176-576-1 (1-84176-576-7)
June 20, 2003 | $23.95
Following the battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810 Wellington's heavily outnumbered troops began to withdraw towards Lisbon. By the evening of 9 October the British and Portuguese began to withdraw behind a line of defensive works that had been built to the north of Lisbon. These were not the rudimentary...
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Osprey Publishing | History - Military
978-1-85532-739-9 (1-85532-739-2)
November 27, 1998 | $22.95
Despite Wellington's success against Marmont's army at Salamanca in July, the year of 1812 ended in bitter disappointment for the British. However, a year later Wellington's series of brilliant manoeuvres threw the French onto the defensive on all fronts, culminating in the final victory at Vittoria: 90,000 men and 90 guns...
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Osprey Publishing | History - Military
978-1-85532-604-0 (1-85532-604-3)
September 15, 1997 | $22.95
Salamanca was the most decisive battle of the entire Peninsular War. Wellington smashed Marmont's French Army and his pursuit of its shattered remnants led to the famous cavalry charge of the King's German Legion at Garcia Hernandez. There would be two more years of sieges and hard fighting before the Iron...
