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Bayonne and Toulouse 1813–14: Wellington invades France (Campaign, 266) Paperback – Illustrated, March 18, 2014

by Nick Lipscombe (Author), Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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The news of Wellington's momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached London in early July. The celebration spawned an expectation of a rapid conclusion to events in the Peninsula. His Majesty's Government gave authority for Wellington to invade France and made noises and plans for the redeployment of the Peninsular Army in support of Russia and Prussia. Wellington, however, did not see things in quite the same way. His army was worn out and there remained sizeable French forces in Spain, so what followed had to be a carefully thought out and planned campaign.
The invasion of France is a complicated aspect of the culmination of the War in Iberia: indeed many historians consider the invasion and subsequent operations in southern France as separate from the Peninsular War as a whole. The preliminaries include Wellington's need to capture Pamplona and San Sebastian prior to the invasion and Soult's attempts to relieve both garrisons resulting in the Battle of the Pyrenees (July-August) and San Marcial (late August) respectively.
The invasion itself commenced with the daring Allied crossing of the Bidassoa estuary in early October 1813 and was followed by an operational pause prior to the Battle of Nivelle in November, another pause to re-group and the subsequent offensives on the River Nive and the Battle of St. Pierre. This phase, and ipso facto the invasion, was complete by mid December 1813. Finally, the subsequent operations, which commenced early in 1814, provided the aftermath to the invasion and the conclusion to the Peninsular War. These actions focus primarily on the investment of Bayonne and the pursuit of Soult's army east, and include the battles and engagements at Garris, Orthez, Aire, Tarbes and the final showdown at Toulouse in April 1814.

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“Military buffs who specialize in the Napoleonic Wars should find fascinating reading in Bayonne and Toulouse 1813-14: Wellington Invades France. This 96-page paperback profiles the commanders and opposing armies throughout the campaign as Wellington's forces battled and pursued French Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult and his men. This well-done chronicle of Wellington's ultimately successful campaign is richly illustrated by artwork created by Peter Dennis, maps, paintings and photos.” ―Toy Soldier & Model Figure

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Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History, Wellington's Guns, Wellington Invades France, the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington's Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford.

Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing; Illustrated edition (March 18, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472802772
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472802774
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.19 x 0.32 x 9.86 inches
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Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History, Wellington’s Guns, Wellington Invades France, the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington’s Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–5. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Only book on this campaign
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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This is the only book exclusively devoted to this campaign. There are many books on what proceed this in the Iberian peninsula but not this ending of the war.
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HMS Warspite
5.0 out of 5 stars Carrying the war into France...
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014
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The Battle of Victoria in 1813 changed everything. Suddenly, most of the beaten French Army retreated into France, leaving General Wellington and his Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish Army to siege out the stay-behinds in northern Spain. It would take months, but Wellington would finally pursue the French Army onto its home turf, even as coalition armies closed in on France from Central Europe...

"Bayonne and Toulouse 1813-14" is an Osprey Campaign Series book, authored by Nick Lipscombe with illustrations by Peter Dennis. In clear prose, the author methodically dissects a complicated campaign fought across a series of mountain ranges and river lines in southern France. Wellington would ultimately lay siege to the key city of Bayonne while holding Marshal Soult's army at arms length at Toulouse. The narrative is nicely supported by a series of illustrations, photographs, maps and several 3D diagrams of battlefields. The analysis is crisp and appropriate to the level of detail in an Osprey book. It becomes clear that although Wellington held to a deliberately paced campaign in hopes of an early end to the war, he also waged a superlative fight under difficult circumstances with an experienced and battle-hardened army.

"Bayonne and Toulouse 1813-14" is a very good introduction into the closing year of the Peninsular War, recommended to the general reader and to the student of the conflict.
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John F. Wehler
5.0 out of 5 stars Good History of this less well-known campaign. Execllent maps.
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2015
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Very well done, well documented history of these two conflicts. The writing is clear and a good source for an amateur historian like me. However, in full disclosure, I am a direct descendent of Baron of the Empire, General Pierre Thouvenot who commanded the French defense of the City of Bayonne during Wellington's siege. There is a monument in the city dedicated to my great, great, great grandfather's dogged defense of Bayonne in the face of overwhelming odds. General Thouvenot was extremely loyal to Napoleon Bonaparte and continued to hold the city even after the French Emperor abdicated. The story of the unexpected attack on the English forces that the General ordered even though he had learned of the abdication, earning Wellington's characterization of Thouvenot as a "blackguard," has been retold several times. However, there were extenuating circumstances. General Thouvenot had not received any order for Marshal Soult to halt the defense, he may well have had reason to believe that Napoleon would quickly return to power, and there is some evidence that junior officers may have pushed the offensive, concerned that the rank and file would set upon them if they did not engage the British. I am still doing more research in hopes of learning the truth. Less well known is the story that General Thouvenot prevented an ambush of Wellington, as a matter of honor, while the British commander scouted the defensive lines of the French.
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James H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding summary
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014
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Col. Lipscombe has written a concise and very readable booklet about the very end of the "Peninsular" War. Many books tend to gloss over this period, as a natural outgrowth of the success of Vitoria. The author has made it plain that there was a deal of hard fighting that filled the nine months after Vitoria. Maps and artwork are particularly good.
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William Hazlett
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Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2015
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fast service nice book
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Arthur L Harshman
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2014
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Raymond Shirritt-Beaumont
5.0 out of 5 stars Bayonne and Toulouse 1813-14 by Nick Lipscombe
Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2021
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I am writing an account of the life of my 3rd great-grandfather, who was a soldier in the 37th North Hampshire Regiment of Foot during the Napoleonic wars. He was on guard duty between 1812-1814 and participated in the Investment of Bayonne in Southern France in the spring of 1814. In the summer, he went with his regiment to Quebec in Lower Canada and retired as a settler near Ottawa in 1819. I ordered a book entitled "Bayonne and Toulouse 1813-1814 by Nick Lipscombe, which was very helpful in determining what the regiment was up to at that time.
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Pinoz
5.0 out of 5 stars In inglese, serie Campaign della Osprey
Reviewed in Italy on February 25, 2022
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Nella tradizione della Osprey, ricca di iconografie e mappe, dettagliata descrizione di una battaglia dell’epoca napoleonica.
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David Shah
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly informed, clear and readable account of an important if lesser known campaign.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2014
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Having already long appreciated the value of Nick Lipscombe's 'Peninsular War Atlas', I had high expectations for this fuller narrative of the closing stages of that particular Napoleonic conflict. I have also read dozens of Osprey's 'Campaign' books over the years and I can without doubt say that the author's 'Bayonne and Toulouse' title is the best I have read for sometime (probably since Stephen Turnbull's 2008 'Samurai Invasion of Korea').

Nick Lipscombe is clearly very expert in his chosen subject matter but, crucially in my view, he is also extremely balanced in his coverage and interpretations. This is no mean feat given the at times chauvinistic and anglocentric approaches of most works (and not just the Victorian ones) on the Peninsular War; however, this book's balance makes the praise for Wellington and his subordinates' achievements all the more credible.

To those who might argue that "there are too many battles covered" (after all, how many 'campaign' books can Osprey fragment D-Day into?), I'd say that it is impossible to appreciate any of the at first defensive and then offensive encounters of Britain and her allies on either side of the Pyrenees in 1813-14 without seeing the whole picture. Nick Lipscombe lays both the parts and the whole out with informed clarity and I couldn't think of a better starting point for anyone wanting to get a deeper understanding of the said campaigns.
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patrick joubert
5.0 out of 5 stars toulouse 1814
Reviewed in France on May 25, 2014
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Bon livre sur une zone de guerre peu connue de la période napoléonienne. Donne une idée des déplacements des grandes unités.
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Ramon Menendez
2.0 out of 5 stars boring list of dates, names and places
Reviewed in Spain on April 1, 2014
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The structure is similar to other Osprey books in this collection.
It is interesting because it deals with all the campaign in France and not only with the battle of Toulouse.
However, it is a big topic for a small book and it finishes with a boring list of dates, names and places, very difficult to follow and without the least interest.
Also, as usual in this collection, the 3D maps span thru two pages and therefore the central part of the map is covered by the binding of the book, that makes this maps very difficult to read and denies its purpose.
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