Conquer or die! : Wellington's veterans and the liberation of the New World / Ben Hughes.

• Rambling brothers o' the blade, 1815-1818 -- Into the heart of darkness, 1818-1819 -- The tipping point, 1819-1820 -- Victory, 1821.

• In 1815, just after the battle of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her Spanish oppressors. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, when 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. 

Ämnesord

Latinamerikanska självständighetskrigen 1806-1830  (sao)

Legosoldater  (sao)

Brittiskt militärt deltagande  (sao)

Foreign enlistment  -- South America -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Foreign enlistment  -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Mercenary troops  -- South America -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Mercenary troops  -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Voluntarism  -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Foreign enlistment.  (fast)

Mercenary troops.  (fast)

Voluntarism.  (fast)

Military participation  -- British. (fast)

Mercenary soldiers  -- South America -- History. (sears)

Mercenary soldiers  -- Great Britain -- History. (sears)

Military participation--British  -- Brittish (fast)

Mercenary troops  (LCSH)

South America  -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 -- Participation, British. (LCSH)

South America  -- History, Military -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Latin America  -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 -- Participation, British. (LCSH)

Great Britain.  (fast)

Latin America.  (fast)

South America.  (fast)

South America  -- History. (sears)

South America  -- Military history. (sears)

1800 - 1899  (fast)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Military history.  (fast)

Konferensnamn

Wars of Independence (Latin America : 1806-1830)

Wars of Independence (South America : 1806-1830)

Klassifikation

F2235 (LCC)

980 (DDC)

Kqd (kssb/8 (machine generated))