Short history of one of the less than honorable battles in the Napoleonic Wars is done by a rather
stodgy Englishman. This is about the
Siege of Badajoz. The
oblong killing fields in the Badajoz fortifications took 2000 British soldiers' lives. You would have hoped that the British commandments
hence forth would not force their men into these kind of predicaments. Unfortunately, that did not seem to be the case.
Wellingtons siege of Badajoz, spain - YouTube
If you are in the mood for something less academic take a look at one of the
Sharpe's Rifles episodes which mostly also involve the Napoleonic Wars.
http://youtu.be/4ECvF86vl9I
Sharpe's Company
http://youtu.be/MYM2zOnnrV4
Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's series is also fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series) Sharpe's Company deals with the Siege of Badajoz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Company_(novel)