WELLINGTON'S DEFENCE OF PORTUGAL AND THE ROLE OF ROBERT CRAUFURD'S LIGHT DIVISION, 1809-12

The Light Division was a triumph of its three architects: Sir John Moore, the Duke of Wellington, and Robert Craufurd. They enabled Wellington to buy time to secure his position in Portugal. Contains Shaw Kennedy's Journal of General Craufurd's Outpost Operations between the Coa and Agueda in 1810; Wellington's Dilemma in the Defence of Portugal; Robert Craufurd's Light Division 1809-12; Extracts from the Diary of Lt. Rice Jones RE when he was attached to the Light Division 1811-12. Contains 29 maps and illustrations in text.