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Sir John Moore’s Fighting Retreat
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-02-20
主題History / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic WarsHistory / Modern / 19th CenturyHistory / Europe / SpainHistory / ReferenceHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Military / General
ISBN14728019899781472801982
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MHyHCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.

Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna.

This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Philip Haythornthwaite recounts how, finally, at Corunna, Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.