Storm and Sack : British Sieges, Violence and the Laws of War in the Napoleonic Era, 1799–1815

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The first major study of British soldiers' violence and restraint towards enemy combatants and civilians in sieges during the Napoleonic era. Spanning three continents, Gavin Daly's study places the British storm and sack of towns within the long-term history of siege violence and laws of war.