Nick Lipscombe: 3 books
Wellington's Eastern Front
The Campaign on the East Coast of Spain 1810-1814
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
At last, in this absorbing and authoritative study, the story of the epic struggle on Spain’s eastern front during the Peninsular War has been told. Often overlooked as not integral to the Duke of Wellington’s main army and their campaigns in Portugal and western Spain, they were, in point of...
Wellington’s Guns
The Untold Story of Wellington and his Artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. Wellington's Guns exposes, for the very first time, the often stormy relationship between Wellington and his artillery, how the reluctance...
Bayonne and Toulouse 1813–14
Wellington invades France
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The news of Wellington's momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached London in early July. Celebration spawned an expectation of a rapid conclusion to events in the Peninsula. His Majesty's Government gave authority for Wellington to invade France and made noises and plans for the redeployment...