Register for the talk by emailing: [email protected]
It is less than 2 weeks to the next online talk for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras. It is at 7pm (UK time) on 26 March 2024.. Rob Griffith will be speaking on: The Battle of Vimeiro and the Reverse Slope Falacy. This material is from his next book: SO JUST AND GLORIOUS A CAUSE -Britain and the Liberation of Portugal-Rolica and Vimeiro, 1808; due to be published in Spring 2024.
Register for the talk by emailing: [email protected] The next online talk for the Friends is by historian Robert Burnham. Bob will be talking about two of Wellington's Exploring Officers who collected vital intelligence for the Allied armies during the Peninsular War. The talk will be at 7pm (UK time) on Tuesday 27 February 2024. Please register your interest by emailing Ian Brewer at: [email protected]
The next talk for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras is on Tuesday 23 January at 19:00 UK time.The well-known author Carole Divall will be talking about the 5th Division in the Peninsula. Please note there are a couple of date changes for future talks.
There are also a couple of date changes. Register your interest by emailing Ian Brewer [email protected] Following the technical issues which prevented the last talk by Carole Divall, a revised programme has now been issued. Carole will now talk on 23 January 2024. The revised programme is attached.
The next talk for the Friends is at 7pm (UK time) on 28 November. Author Carole Divall's talk is titled: From Bussaco to the Lines: the Fifth Division learns the Ropes in the Peninsula. Register your interest by emailing Ian Brewer on [email protected]
[email protected] The online talk programme for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras is shaping up nicely. Our next talk will be on 26 September 2023. Dr John Peaty will be talking about 'Wellington’s Surveyors and Map Makers in the Peninsula'. Please register for this talk by emailing [email protected]
A Group from the Friends visited Winchester in April 2023 to visit some of the museums located in the area. One of the group, Andy Grainger wrote this excellent report on the weekend. Thanks to Andy G.
The next talk for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras will be on Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 7pm UK time. Historian Bob Burnham willbe talking about British Officers in the Portuguese army during the Peninsular War. Please register your interest with [email protected]
Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras - Our next talk will be by Dr Mark S. Thompson on Tuesday 21 March 2023 at 7pm UK time. The subject will be: The Lines of Torres Vedras - Myth & Reality.
Register your interest by emailing Ian Brewer at: EMAIL If anyone was planning on going to the reception in London on 28 March 2023, for the Friends of the British Cemetery in Elvas, it has had to be cancelled due the expected rail strike.
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