Details of the forthcoming events to be organised by the Friends can be found at Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras - News (weebly.com) A reminder: our next talk is by Dr Jacqueline Reiter on Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham. Popham depending on your point of view was a brilliant or i

'Marching, Fighting, Dying in the Peninsular War' - talk by Gareth Glover. The Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) have invited BCMH Members to this talk by Gareth Glover Gareth Glover books and biography | Waterstones on Tuesday 16th November. The talk will follow the Friend

Many members will have known Richard 'Dick' Tennant who passed away on 21st February this year. British Commission for Military History » Richard Tennant (bcmh.org.uk) Dick's widow, Sue, has written to me with details of a Celebration of Life to which BCMH members are invited. The det

Tuesday 11 May and Tuesday 18 May In two linked events over successive Tuesdays, From Reason to Revolution authors Robert Griffith and Tom Scotland will draw upon their recent new publications to shed light on two overlooked figures of the Peninsular War. We begin on 11 May with Lieut

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Anthony Gray will talk on “Civilian Casualties in the 3rd French Invasion of Portugal" - Tuesday 16 February at 7:00. To register and obtain the code to join the talk please contact Ian Brewer at i_j_brewer@msn.com. In autumn 1810, the Third French Invasion of Portugal under Marshal M

Royal Engineers Historical Society 2020 WEBINAR SERIES“Captain George Landmann RE in the Peninsular War “with Dr Mark S Thompson On Monday 21st December at 7:30pm UK time in the final of our 2020 series, Mark will present on this charismatic Sapper Officer.  Often described as th

A clutch of BCMH Members have been involved in Stephen Petty's book about the Peninsular War which is aimed at children. The late Sir Christopher Wallace inspired it, Stephen Petty has written it, Dick Tennant and Philip Haythornthwaite have assisted in various ways as, doubtless, hav

This is a comprehensive treatment of the subject by Dick Tennant looking at the cartography of French, Portuguese and British cartographers.   Maps in the Peninsular War   

An article by Dick Tennant about a fundamental aspect of logistics from ancient times and still very relevant in the Napoleonic period - and beyond.... Wellington's Mules     Picture credit http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/1705-two-centuries-of-smuggling-la-cosa.html