Wellington's Scapegoat the Tragedy of Lt-col Charles Bevan
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Archie Hunter
- Engels
- Hardcover
- 9781844150298
- 22 juli 2003
- 224 pagina's
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan was the key figure in an extraordinary, controversial and ultimately tragic episode during the Peninsula War. He was the commanding officer held responsible for the dramatic night escape of the French garrison from Almeida over a vital bridge.
Drawing on family papers and other contemporary sources, the book starts by covering Bevan's six earlier campaigns where he made his name as a highly competent officer before focusing on the circumstances surrounding the fateful bridge episode. It examines the background to Wellington's orders, the operation itself and the subsequent blame heaped on the unfortunate Bevan. Then there is the controversial part played by General Erskine, by all accounts an unattractive and drunken individual, whose version of events Wellington controversially accepted.
Finally Bevan is pushed to the very brink, convinced that both his and his Battalion's honourable reputations have been tarnished irreparably.
Drawing on family papers and other contemporary sources, the book starts by covering Bevan's six earlier campaigns where he made his name as a highly competent officer before focusing on the circumstances surrounding the fateful bridge episode. It examines the background to Wellington's orders, the operation itself and the subsequent blame heaped on the unfortunate Bevan. Then there is the controversial part played by General Erskine, by all accounts an unattractive and drunken individual, whose version of events Wellington controversially accepted.
Finally Bevan is pushed to the very brink, convinced that both his and his Battalion's honourable reputations have been tarnished irreparably.
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Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated in colour and b/w, 8vo.; Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; Barnsley : Leo Cooper; 2003; 212 pagina's; [328126-XE11]
Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated in colour and b/w, 8vo.; Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; Barnsley : Leo Cooper; 2003; 212 pagina's; [328126-XE11]
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