The Assault on Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814: a British Army Defeat in Holland by Napoleon's French Forces

The British Army's neglected disaster of the Napoleonic wars

For many students of the Napoleonic Age the war in the Iberian Peninsula, which came to an end with the defeat and abdication of the emperor in 1814, was followed by Wellington's final victory over Napoleon in his attempt to restore his power at Waterloo in 1815. However, this was not a time of seamless victories for the British Army. The British general, Sir Thomas Graham had proved himself to be a courageous and able commander du...