History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download History Of The King S German Legion PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get History Of The King S German Legion book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1832
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1832 with History categories.
One of the most unusual, as well as the most heroic and distinguished Allied units in the Napoleonic Wars was the King s German Legion (KGL). Originally composed of German volunteers from King George III s Hanovarian domain, and founded out of Royal outrage at France s occupation of Hanover in 1803, the KGL, according to David Chandler, doyen of Napoleonic military historians was without a doubt amongst the very best troops commanded by Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. The KGL was a mini-army in its own right, comprising infantry, cavalry and artillery. This classic two-volume history of the Legion by N. Ludlow is one of the best accounts of the Napoleonic Wars, praised by the great historian Sir Charles Oman as a valuable and conscientious history . and largely composed of eye-witness accounts by serving soldiers. Volume 1 begins with the bungled loss of Hanover and the raising of the KGL, and its first foreign expedition - to denmark. under Lord Rosslyn. The KGL was next deployed in the Mediterranean theatre, and had its first taste of Spain under Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley (Wellington) where the german hussars covered the disastrous retreat to Corunna. The Legion returned to Portugal and Spain with Wellington and lost heavily at the Battle of Talavera. Other KGL units took part in Sir Eyre Coote s expedition to Flushing and Walcheren. In the Peninsula War, the Legion fought under General Craufurd, helping to defeat the French at Busaco and befoire the lines of Torres Vedras, and later participating in Wellington s vistory over Marshal Massena at Fuentes d Onoro. The voilume ends with Soult s defeat at Albuera and the siege of Badajoz. Volume 2 opens with the sieges of Badajoz and Cieudad Roderigo and the great battle of Salamanca which broke the back of the French in Spain. As Wellington rolled the enemy up to the Pyrenees, the KGL wewre also present at the battle of Vittoria. Meanwhile the KGL were also operating against Marshal Davout in the noirth of their native Germany. The Allied pressure caused Napoelon to abdicate and retire to Elba in 1814. The book s final chapter deals with the Waterloo campaign in which the KGL played a heroic part in holding the strategically vital La Haye Sainte Farm in front of the British line, against fuious French assaults.
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-11
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-11 with History categories.
Published between 1832 and 1837, this two-volume work covers the history of a famous military unit between 1803 and 1816.
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with Military uniforms categories.
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : N. Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-13
History Of The King S German Legion written by N. Ludlow Beamish and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with History categories.
“Ludlow Beamish’s famous history of the K.G.L. is undoubtedly one of the rarest and most sought-after contemporary studies of the Napoleonic Wars. Much praised by Sir Charles Oman as ‘a valuable and conscientious’ history, it was largely compiled from eye-witness accounts of serving soldiers. The Legion played a major part in the British Army in the Peninsula and this special edition is a vital addition to the library of all serious students of the Napoleonic Wars. One of the most unusual, as well as the most heroic and distinguished Allied units in the Napoleonic Wars was the King’s German Legion (KGL). Originally composed of German volunteers from King George III’s Hanoverian domain, and founded out of Royal outrage at France’s occupation of Hanover in 1803, the KGL, according to David Chandler, doyen of Napoleonic military historians ‘was without a doubt amongst the very best troops commanded by Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo’. The KGL was a mini-army in its own right, comprising infantry, cavalry and artillery... Volume 2 opens with the sieges of Badajoz and Cieudad Roderigo and the great battle of Salamanca which broke the back of the French in Spain. As Wellington rolled the enemy up to the Pyrenees, the KGL wewre also present at the battle of Vittoria. Meanwhile the KGL were also operating against Marshal Davout in the noirth of their native Germany. The Allied pressure caused Napoelon to abdicate and retire to Elba in 1814. The book's final chapter deals with the Waterloo campaign in which the KGL played a heroic part in holding the strategically vital La Haye Sainte Farm in front of the British line, against furious French assaults..”-N&M Print version
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ...continued to expose themselves with a degree of devotion beyond all praise. Among the most conspicuous was Frederick Lindau, a private of the second light battalion, who although bleeding profusely from two wounds in the head, stood firmly at the small door of the barn, and from thence defended the main entrance. Baring, seeing that the cloth about his head was not sufficient to stop the effusion of blood, repeatedly called upon him to go back; but Landau regardless of his wounds, as of a large bag of gold which he had taken from the enemy, and carried about his person, refused to stir from the spot, "saying: " He would be a scoundrel that deserted you, so long as his head is on his shoulders"! This gallant fellow was afterwards taken prisoner and lost 1815-his treasure. June. More than an hour was occupied in this second Appendix assault of the farm, and now the French, tired from their fruitless efforts, again fell back. The relief thus given to the Germans may be well imagined, but the anxiety of their commander was little diminished; every new attack served more and more to impress upon him the importance of the post, and more clearly to place before his eyes the deep responsibility of the command with which he had been entrusted. Placed with a small body of men in an isolated position, on the retaining of which the lives of his soldiers, --his own honour, --perhaps the safety of the whole army depended; and where he would, in all probability be called upon to make a decision involving all these considerations--major Baring, could not but feel a painful anxiety for the result, which none of the means at his disposal were adequate to remove. On counting the remaining cartridges he found that the men had not, on an average, more than from...
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
History Of The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
History Of The King S German Legion written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
History Of The King S German Legion Vol 1 Classic Reprint
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : North Ludlow Beamish
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-17
History Of The King S German Legion Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by North Ludlow Beamish and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-17 with History categories.
Excerpt from History of the King's German Legion, Vol. 1 The principal returns have been specially prepared for the work by captain Lewis Benne, formerly attached to the staff of the king's German legion, and now to that of his royal highness the duke of Cambridge. The original illustrations of the diffe rent uniforms were drawn by captain count Castell, of the third Hanoverian hussars. Thus provided, it only remained for me to collate the several manuscripts, investigate the doubtful points, and unite the whole into an historical form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Kings German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Otto von Pivka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974-02-01
Kings German Legion written by Otto von Pivka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-02-01 with Europe categories.
In The King S German Legion
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Christian Freiherr von Ompteda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
In The King S German Legion written by Christian Freiherr von Ompteda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Europe categories.