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The Campaign in Holland, 1799: The British-Russian Expedition Against the Gallo-Batavian Forces in the Low Countries
Contributor(s): A. Subaltern (Author)

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ISBN: 0857066153     ISBN-13: 9780857066152
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2011
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- History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other)
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.63 lbs) 116 pages
Features: Dust Cover
 
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An early campaign of the long war for Europe

This anonymously written account concerns itself with an early episode in Britain's struggle with the Revolutionary France that would shortly evolve into Consulate France and then the First Empire of the French under its charismatic emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. It was a period of almost continual warfare which embraced all the nations of Europe until the downfall of the Napoleonic era in 1815, some sixteen years after the events described in this book. This historical analysis is a rarity and certainly at the time it was written its author believed it to be unique. The British Forces employed came under the command of the Duke of York and were supported by Russian troops under Fersen and Essen, it was accompanied by a naval force which had considerable success particularly in the capture of enemy vessels. Whilst the campaign on land-with its battles at Bergen, Alkmaar and Egmont-is an interesting one for the student of the period it concluded indecisively in an armistice. The principal advantage for the British was that is was able to embark and could fight again another day. The campaign provided many British officers with valuable lessons which they would take account of, by not repeating this campaigns errors, during the long years of battle to come particularly on the Iberian peninsula.
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