LAMARE Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte - Relation des siéges et défenses d'Olivença, de Badajoz, et de Campo-Mayor, en 1811 et 1812, par les troupes françaises de l'Armée du midi en Espagne [1825] [from the book collection of the Application Military School in Wa

Paris 1825; Anselin et Pochard. 12.5x20.5 cm, pp. VIII, 263, 3 fold-out black and white battle plans at the end of the book, semi leather binding of the period, signed Applikacyn School at the bottom of the spine. Good condition (stamp Библиотека Штаба Варшавскаго Военнаво Округа (Library of the Warsaw Military District) on the front pastedown, rust-colored page dings, small rubbing of the binding, small loss and tear of the leather at the bottom of the spine).

French publication on the battles fought in 1811-1812 in the Iberian Peninsula, during the conflict between France and Great Britain, Spain and Portugal. Pieces with the stamp and signature of the Application Military School, established in 1820 after the reorganization of the Application School of Artillery and Engineers. Under the command of Colonel Jozef Sowinski, it educated second lieutenants of quartermaster, engineering, artillery, as well as riding and infantry officers. Its headquarters were located in the building of the Piarist Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw. Some of the lecturers and alumni took part in the November Uprising, after the fall of which the school was closed.