Britain was France's most implacable enemy during the Napoleonic Wars yet was able to resist the need for conscription to fill the ranks of its army and sustain Wellington's campaigns in Portugal and Spain. This new study explains how the men were found to replenish Wellington's army, and the consequences on Britain's government, army and society.

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School of History, University of Leeds, UK

Kevin Linch

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KEVIN LINCH currently holds an Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant on 'Soldiers and Soldiering in Britain, c.1750-1815' , and recent publications include 'A Geography of Loyalism? The Local Military Forces of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1794-1814', in War & Society and 'A Citizen and not a Soldier: The British Volunteer Movement and the War against Napoleon' in Soldiers, Citizens and Civilians: Experiences and Perceptions of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1790-1820.

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Book Title: Britain and Wellington's Army
Book Subtitle: Recruitment, Society and Tradition, 1807-15
Authors: Kevin Linch
Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230316751
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27305-4Published: 26 July 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32365-4Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-31675-1Published: 25 July 2011
Series ISSN: 2634-6699
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 218
Topics: Modern History, History of France, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, European History

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