Proper noun
Esdaile (plural Esdailes)
A surname.
Charles Esdaile, Napoleon’s Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 (2007) p 438 Schroeder says Poland was the root cause of the conflict but Russia's refusal to support the Continental System was also a factor. Source: Internet
As Esdaile notes, "Implicit in the idea of a Russian Poland was, of course, a war against Napoleon." Source: Internet
Charles S. Esdaile, Spain in the Liberal Age: From Constitution to Civil War, 1808–1939 (2000) The government, nearly bankrupt, was unable to pay her soldiers. Source: Internet