At the outset of the Peninsular War in 1808 the British expeditionary force that landed at Mondego Bay near Lisbon was, to anticipate Kaiser Bill's rather unfortunate turn of phrase, a 'contemptible little army' which merely promised to be an irritant rather than a serious threat to the mighty armies of imperial France.
An edition of Wellington's Army in the Peninsula 1809-14 (Battle Orders)
(2004)
Wellington's Army in the Peninsula 1809-14 (Battle Orders)
by Stuart Reid
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Wellington's Army in the Peninsula 1809-14 (Battle Orders)
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"At the outset of the Peninsular War in 1808 the British expeditionary force that landed at Mondego Bay near Lisbon was, to anticipate Kaiser Bill's rather unfortunate turn of phrase, a 'contemptible little army' which merely promised to be an irritant rather than a serious threat to the mighty armies of imperial France."
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