This book contains a translation of the report by the Spanish general staff on the battle of Albuera, fought on 16 May 1811. In the battle a combined army of Spanish, British and Portuguese defeated the French forces under Marshal Soult. This is a rare contemporary Spanish account of the victory.

This is the diary of a young officer in the Royal Engineers serving with the British Army. He was present in the Iberian Peninsula from 1808 to his death in 1812. His diary covers the period from 1808 to 1810, where he served in the Corunna and Talavera campaigns before being ordered to work on building the Lines of Torres Vedras. The books outlines his early life and continues up to his death.

This book describes the Allied campaign in southern Spain in 1811. Marshal William Carr Beresford commanded the Anglo-Portuguese army and led the Allied army at the battle of Albuera. His forces twice tried to retake the fortress of Badajoz. This is the story of a difficult and costly campaign for the Allied army.

This report describes the Allied campaign in Southern Spain in 1811, under the command of Marshal William Carr Beresford. Beresford twice laid siege to the fortress of Badajoz and fought the costly battle of Albuera to stop the French attempt to relive the fortress.

Steevens' reminiscences, is one of the rarer British memoirs from the Napoleonic Wars. He spent his whole military career in the 'Old XX', the 20th Regiment of foot, ultimately commanding it in the later stages of the Peninsular War. During the period, Steevens served in a number of important campaigns including the Helder campaign of 1799, Egypt, Italy (Maida campaign), Corunna, Walcheren and then back to the Peninsula. There are few officers who can claim such an active military career. This edition is not a facsimilie production but a complete new reprint of the original. I have taken the...