Mary Viscountess Combermere (58 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Wellington's Commander of Cavalry: the Early Life and Military Career of Stapleton Cotton, by The Right Hon. Mary, Viscountess Combermere and W.W. Kno. Book.

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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Wellington's intelligent and flamboyant cavalry commanderDespite a long career filled with victories, many modern readers think of the Duke of Wellington in terms of his greatest military success, the Battle of Waterloo. This leads them to believe that his leader of cavalry was his brother-in-law, Henry Paget, who rode at the Duke's side on that eventful day in June 1815. In fact, through the long campaigns of the Peninsular War, Wellington's cavalry was commanded by Stapleton Cotton, the subject of this book. Troops referred to him as the 'Lion d'Or' in consequence of his habit of riding into battle, heedless of his personal safety, attired in the glittering extremes of military fashion adopted by a senior cavalry officer of the period. There can be little doubt that Cotton was a fine leader of cavalry and if not a favourite of Wellington's, then at least regarded as superior in ability to any officer who might have otherwise held the post. Perhaps, Cotton's finest hour came at the Battle of Salamanca where his superb management of the mounted arm caused the duke to proclaim, 'By God, Cotton, I never saw anything so beautiful in my life-the day is yours!' Our editors have created this Leonaur original by carefully editing the substantial two volume biography of Sir Stapleton Cotton-later Lord Combermere-so that this text focuses entirely on Cotton's military career during the Napoleonic period, from his experiences in the disastrous Flanders campaign as a young officer to his first contacts with the future Duke of Wellington during the Mysorean War in India. The Peninsula War against Napoleon's French army is covered here in considerable detail that draws upon many documents written by Cotton and those who served with him. A concise biography of Stapleton Cotton, that outlines his entire career, has been appended, making this book an essential reference work for all those interested in both the man and the Napoleonic Wars.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnWellington s intelligent and flamboyant cavalry commandernDespite a long career filled with victories, many modern readers think of the Duke of Wellington in terms of his greatest military success, the Battle of Waterloo. This lea.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful set of Combermere`s scarce 2 volume biography based largely on letters to his family. Bound in later (20th century) wine half-calf and marbelled boards with new endpapers. 8vo. xviii, 837 pages. Portrait frontispiece in each volume. Plan. Some very light staining of the portrait in first volume, otherwise a remarkably clean smart set. As Stapleton Cotton the subject was in command of Wellington`s cavalry in the Peninsular War and it takes up much of the first volume. He also served in India and went back again as C-in-C, India, in 1825 and was asked by the Directors of the EIC to take the impregnable fortress of Bhurtpore that had defeated Lord Lake years earlier. The story goes that Wellington gave Combermere his orders by letter. "But", said Wellington`s secretary," I though you always said Lord Combermere was an idiot ?" "Yes", replied the Duke, "He is an idiot, and a damned idiot too, but he can take Bhurtpore !"Which he did ! ALL BOOKS ARE SENT AIRMAIL WITHIN 1-3 DAYS FROM OUR WAREHOUSE IN HUNGARY. ITEMS OVER 20.00 UKP ARE SENT WITH TRACKING CODE. ALL ORDERS OVER 1,000 UKP ARE SENT POST-FREE. TERMS OF SALE: All books sent airmail outside Hungary in 1 - 3 days approx. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the product you may return within 14 days for a full refund including airmail, but you must first inform us of these actions. Return of the book(s) is at your own cost and those costs will not be reimbursed. We will make reimbursement to you of book costs etc within 14 days of receiving back the item provided you have given us full bank details. **Note - this reimbursement relates to books only and not magazines.…

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