summerfield | 19 Dec 2013 5:02 a.m. PST |
NAPOLEON'S GERMAN DIVISION IN SPAIN, VOLUME II The Germans in Catalonia 1808-1813 by Digby Smith, Ken Trotman Publishing. [288 pages] link The unfortunate Germans who were thrown into the mincing machine of Catalonia and, in particular, the worst-managed operations of the entire Peninsular War: the French sieges of Girona. This city became the grave of almost the entire German contingent and many others besides. Extracts from the diaries of participants in this grim fiasco give a totally chilling glimpse into the horrors of siege warfare. This is contrasted with reports of the mobile raids by Spanish regiments supported by the Royal Navy on the eastern coast of Spain. These operations into the French lines of communications helped tie down thousands of French troops, who should have been conquering the remaining free areas of southern and eastern Spain. The negative effects of Napoleon`s ill-founded operational dabbling in French military affairs in Spain from his ivory tower in Paris, hundreds of miles away from the reality on the ground is also examined. The 11 colour plates by Bob Marion are based on Ludwig Scharf's interpretations from on the spot sketches made in Spain during the period 1808 – 1814.In addition there are over 50 B&W illustrations of uniforms, flags and details, 7 maps, 12 OOBs and 6 Tables. |
summerfield | 19 Dec 2013 5:07 a.m. PST |
Volume 1, will be reprinted early next year. link |
summerfield | 19 Dec 2013 5:09 a.m. PST |
Sorry crosspost to Naval Painting Guides. |
79thPA | 19 Dec 2013 6:53 a.m. PST |
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summerfield | 19 Dec 2013 8:35 a.m. PST |
Hurray the volume has arrived braving the British mail. Only a day late. It certainly is a weighty volume upon high quality coated paper. Stephen |
Guthroth | 19 Dec 2013 9:09 a.m. PST |
Any idea when the website will have it listed to order ? |
Bandit | 19 Dec 2013 9:29 a.m. PST |
Where can such a nice title be purchased? Cheers, The Bandit |
Guthroth | 19 Dec 2013 9:41 a.m. PST |
Caliver are offering it now through Amazon where it's £50.00 GBP GBP plus postage. It's not showing on their website, but I'd rather support the publisher if I can. |
summerfield | 19 Dec 2013 9:41 a.m. PST |
You can purchase it from Ken Trotman Ltd in (Publisher and bookseller in UK) kentrotman.com On Military Matters in US. link Stephen |
Stavka | 20 Dec 2013 7:45 p.m. PST |
Duly ordered. I bought the first volume earlier this year and enjoyed it very much- lots of ideas for gaming scenarios. |
basileus66 | 04 Jan 2014 3:04 p.m. PST |
Once I finish moving from my current home to a new one, I certainly will order a copy! For the moment, I must wait
150 boxes of books (and 3 shelves to go yet!) are as good deterrent to buy more books as you can get! |
summerfield | 04 Jan 2014 6:49 p.m. PST |
Dear All This is an extract from Volume 2 giving the contents and the index. link Stephen |