Wellington’s Engineers: Military Engineering on the Peninsular War 1808-1814 (13 page)

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Authors: Mark S. Thomson

Tags: #Non-Fiction, #History, #Military, #Napoleonic Wars, #Spain, #Portugal, #Engineering

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Lieutenant Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher RE. Portrait in possession of Royal Engineers Mess and used with their permission.

Monument at Alhandra to Sir Richard Fletcher and Neves Costa erected by the Portuguese Engineers.

Major General John Thomas Jones RE. Bust from the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham.

Lieutenant General Sir Stephen Chapman RE. Portrait in possession of Ronald Brighouse and used with his permission.

Field Marshal John Fox Burgoyne RE.

Contemporary image of Oporto from Villa Nova by Vivian.

Boat bridge across the Douro at Oporto by Landmann.

Flying bridge over the Tagus at Villa Velha.

Main entrance to Fort La Lippe, Elvas, Portugal.

Fort St Lucia, Elvas, Portugal.

Fort St Julian, defending the embarkation point that the British army would have used to evacuate Lisbon.

Section of the ditch of Fort San Vincente at Torres Vedras.

Gun emplacement at Fort 18, Ajuda.

Restored military road leading to the great redoubt at Sobral.

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