Wellington's Guns: The Untold Story of Wellington and his Artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo - Hardcover

Lipscombe, Colonel Nick

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9781780961149: Wellington's Guns: The Untold Story of Wellington and his Artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo

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ISBN 10: 1780961146 ISBN 13: 9781780961149

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2013

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Wellington was a brilliant field commander but his leadership style was abrupt and uncompromising. He kept his artillery commanders at arm's length. In consequence, Wellington's relationship with his Gunners was dutiful at best, and occasionally failed completely. Wellington's somewhat disparaging comments resulted in the mistaken belief that the Gunners performed badly at Waterloo, supposedly abandoning their which was in direct contrast to French eyewitness accounts. Wellington's Guns is the long overdue story of the often stormy relationship between Wellington and his artillery, the frustrations, the characters and the achievements of the main protagonists as well as a detailed account of the British artillery of this period.

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A very timely landmark book in a much neglected field. This is a scholarly and meticulous examination of one of the great puzzles of military history. Why did one of Britain's greatest commanders think so little of his gunners? Nick Lipscombe presents us with a fascinating analysis of Wellington's treatment of men who deserved better. --Peter Snow, journalist, broadcaster and author of To War with Wellington

A remarkable and masterly account of Wellington's gunners that is unlikely to be surpassed. --Ian Fletcher, author of The Peninsular War Wellington's Battlefields Revisited

Though ever present and ever more efficient, the artillery that supported the British armies that fought in the Peninsula and at Waterloo has not figured strongly in this historiography. In this splendid work Nick Lipscombe remedies this want and in the process provides us with much fresh information on the internal workings of the British military machine. --Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool

A remarkable and masterly account of Wellington's gunners that is unlikely to be surpassed. --Ian Fletcher, author of The Peninsular War Wellington's Battlefields Revisited

Though ever present and ever more efficient, the artillery that supported the British armies that fought in the Peninsula and at Waterloo has not figured strongly in this historiography. In this splendid work Nick Lipscombe remedies this want and in the process provides us with much fresh information on the internal workings of the British military machine. --Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool

A remarkable and masterly account of Wellington's gunners that is unlikely to be surpassed. --Ian Fletcher, author of The Peninsular War Wellington's Battlefields Revisited

The author has produced an excellent account of this subject matter and one that is surely a 'must' for the Napoleonic bookshelf. Highly recommended. --Militarymodelling.com

A remarkable and masterly account of Wellington's gunners that is unlikely to be surpassed. --Ian Fletcher, author of The Peninsular War Wellington's Battlefields Revisited

Book Description:

Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief.

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