Hussar Rocca - A French Cavalry Officer's Experiences of the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rocca, Albert Jean Michel De, PUBLISHER: Leonaur Ltd, Hussar Rocca. War to ong>theong> death against ong>theong> British and ong>theong> Spanish guerrillas. Hussar Rocca gives an account ong>ofong> ong>theong> Peninsular Campaign from an entirely different perspective. Albert Rocca was an ong>ofong>ficer ong>ofong> Napoleon's 2nd Regiment ong>ofong> Hussars. For him Spain was not just alien but totally hostile as well. Where British chroniclers ong>ofong> ong>theong> Peninsula berate ong>theong> qualities ong>ofong> ong>theong> Spanish armies, Rocca knew that his life was constantly under threat from not only ong>theong> enemy armies but also from a population who would kill an unwary or isolated Frenchman in a moment. This is a riveting account made more readable in this Leonaur edition by reworking a previously clumsy translation.