Author

Publication

2010 - Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

94,000 words, Guess

Page Count

376 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCF2235 .H76 2010
  • LCCF2235 .H78 2010
  • LCCF2235 .H794 2010
and 1 more
  • LCCF1412

Alternate Titles

  • Wellington's veterans and the liberation of the New World

Description

In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion. Conditions on campaign were appalling, massacres were commonplace, rations crude, pay infrequent and supplies insufficient. Nevertheless, those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar's success

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Other Editions

  • Conquer or die!: Wellington's veterans and the liberation of the New WorldOsprey Publishing2010-01-01

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