Bøger af Robert Burnham

There are many books on Wellington's campaigns during the Peninsular War. Yet very few examine the pivotal year of 1811, when he went on the offensive and forced Napoleon's armies back over 300 kilometers, from the doors of Lisbon to the Spanish border. For two months he pursued the retreating French, fighting skirmishes and rearguards virtually the whole way.The French finally halted at the Spanish border and turned on Wellington in early May, where an epic three-day battle was fought at Fuentes de Oñoro. The rest of the year, Wellington defended the border while making plans to liberate Spain in 1811. Wellington's Light Division and the defense of Portugal looks at the famed Light Division as it led the pursuit of the French and was involved in almost every combat and battle fought that year.The book also explores the stalemate of January and February 1811, where the division maintained outposts overlooking French positions in the vicinity of Santarem, as well as the pursuit of the French Army back to Spain in March and April, when the division fought many skirmishes, combats, and small battles, often on its own. These include the actions at Pombal, Condeixa, Redinha, Casal Novo, Foz d'Arouce, Freixada, and Sabugal. May saw the Light Division in a desperate fight at Fuentes de Oñoro, where for much of the battle it held the army's right flank.For the rest of the year the Light Division was in the vicinity of Ciudad Rodrigo where it occupied ground that it held for much of 1810, where it served as Wellington's advance outposts. The assumed similar positions and were engaged at Fuente Guinaldo and El Bodon. In addition to these fights, the book will examine the changes in the organization of the division, with the addition of new battalions and release of other units. It will also go into great detail on the problems it had with command and control - with its leading officers exhausted, requesting permission to return home to recuperate.Drawing on diaries, letters, and memoirs, the authors tell the story of the officers and men who fought in the division. Many of these sources have never been published before.

The New Nurse in LA (Lower Arkansas) is a fictional account of survival of a solider leaving Southeast Asia, the Army, and choosing nursing as a career. He brings with him the dark memories of war. Surviving nursing school, he moves to the woodlands of south Arkansas. He started in a small hospital ICU. He later discovers his passion for the ER. Life skills learned in the Army help and hinder as he learns more about nursing. He finds peace in a small country church. There he's welcomed home. He also finds a little girl and her mother. The are connected by a twist of fate. Chasing is dreams, life, and work become complicated. Ambulances, ER's, and helicopters keep him busy as he chases his dreams. He comes to the realization the being an ER Nurse is who you are, not what you do. Robert Burnham is from Camden Arkansas. Like his Father, he joined the military at eighteen. After the military, he graduated from Southern Arkansas University Department of Nursing. In almost forty years in nursing all were emergency care related. Working in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and California, gave him an overview of the EMS System. The hospital level, he served as a staff nurse, charge nurse, department head, nurse educator, EMT, and flight nurse. The State level he served on the Arkansas State Life Support Committee. The international level, he served with the International Olympic Committee in Los Angeles during the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. He taught many aspects of emergency care to his peers. He maintained board certification in emergency nursing during his career. Retired, he and his wife live in central Arkansas. He enjoys telling stories about experiences in what he jokingly calls the Gar Hole.

Compiled by a renowned Napoleonic historian, this is the first major study of the best-known unit in Wellington's Army.

A collection of essays exploring various elements of the Napoleonic Wars, assembled with the support of the Napoleon Series website and forum.

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