Peninsular and Waterloo General: Sir Denis Pack and the War against Napoleon

Denis Pack was one of a phalanx of senior Anglo—Irish officers who served with great distinction in the British army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, earning a reputation as one of the Duke of Wellington’s most able brigade commanders. Despite his remarkable and varied military career, he hasn’t received the individual attention he deserves, but this omission has now been remedied by Marcus de la Poer Beresford’s full biography.

Pack, who was born in 1774, served extensively ...