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Author Daly, Gavin, author.

Title Storm and sack : British sieges, violence and the laws of war in the Napoleonic era, 1799-1815 / Gavin Daly
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge military histories
Cambridge military histories.
Summary Explores British soldiers' violence and restraint towards enemy combatants and civilians in sieges during the Napoleonic era
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 05, 2022)
Subject Great Britain. Army -- History -- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Destruction and pillage
Great Britain. Army -- History -- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Destruction and pillage
SUBJECT Great Britain. Army fast
Subject Violence -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History
Violence -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Violence -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Siege warfare -- History -- 19th century
Customary law -- History
Customary law
Siege warfare
Violence
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056839
Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (India) -- History -- Siege, 1799
Subject Great Britain
India -- Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108863971
1108863973
9781108877220
1108877222