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The Letters of a Captain of the Third Foot Guards During the Peninsular War, 1809-11
The Letters of a Captain of the Third Foot Guards During the Peninsular War, 1809-11
William Stothert & William Hamilton Maxwell
The Correspondence of a Scottish officer in Spain and Portugal  Accounts of the activities of the Third Foot Guards  of the British Army ( later the The Scots Guards) during the wars agai..
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Campaigns with the 71st Regiment: 1808-14 - The Recollections of a Private Scottish Soldier During the Peninsular War
Campaigns with the 71st Regiment: 1808-14 - The Recollections of a Private Scottish Soldier During the Peninsular War
Anon & Richard Cannon
A voice from the ranks of the Scottish light infantry The principal work in this special Leonaur edition was originally titled,'Vicissitudes in the Life of a Scottish Soldier' which was written ano..
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Captain Gronow’s Military Reminiscences With the First Guards During the Later Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign, 1813-15
Captain Gronow’s Military Reminiscences With the First Guards During the Later Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign, 1813-15
Cpt Rees H Gronow, Edited By John H Lewis
The complete campaigns and battles of a young guards officer during the Napoleonic Wars Captain Rees Howell Gronow, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, came to the attention of the British reading pu..
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Recollections of a Private of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot During the Walcheren Expedition and the Peninsular War, 1806-15
Recollections of a Private of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot During the Walcheren Expedition and the Peninsular War, 1806-15
John Green
An essential eyewitness account of the later battles of the Peninsular War Originally titled,' Vicissitudes of a Soldier's Life: Or a series of Occurrences from 1806 to 1815', this book is sometime..
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Never Surpassed: Ensign Leeke and the 52nd Light Infantry: the Peninsular War and Personal Experiences of the Waterloo Campaign, 1808-18
Never Surpassed: Ensign Leeke and the 52nd Light Infantry: the Peninsular War and Personal Experiences of the Waterloo Campaign, 1808-18
William Leeke, edited by John H. Lewis
A new single volume edition of the military writings of ‘Ensign’ Leeke of the 52nd Seventeen year old William Leeke marched to war for the first time in 1815 with the 52nd Light Infantry as a ‘gent..
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The March to Hougoumont: Lord Saltoun & the First Guards from Sicily, Walcheren and the Peninsular War to Waterloo, 1805-15
The March to Hougoumont: Lord Saltoun & the First Guards from Sicily, Walcheren and the Peninsular War to Waterloo, 1805-15
John H. Lewis
A new account of the Guards on campaign during the Napoleonic Wars This is the story of an elite infantry regiment of the British Army; the First Regiment of Foot Guards—which became the Grenadier ..
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The Assault on Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814: a British Army Defeat in Holland by Napoleon’s French Forces
The Assault on Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814: a British Army Defeat in Holland by Napoleon’s French Forces
John Murray Graham, Alex M. Delavoye, Percy Groves, J. W. Dunbar Moodie & Sir John T. Jones
The British Army’s neglected disaster of the Napoleonic wars ILLUSTRATED For many students of the Napoleonic Age the war in the Iberian Peninsula, which came to an end with the defeat and abdica..
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Sweat, Blood & Dust: the Military Career of Charles Napier during the Peninsular War & War of 1812
Sweat, Blood & Dust: the Military Career of Charles Napier during the Peninsular War & War of 1812
William Napier
The early career of one of the Napier brothers The Napier brothers were once known as ‘Wellington’s Colonels’ such was their renown in the ‘Old Peninsular Army’ which could ‘go anywhere and do anyt..
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With the “Eagle Takers”: the Peninsular War Experiences of Hugh Gough with the 87th (The Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Regiment of Foot
With the “Eagle Takers”: the Peninsular War Experiences of Hugh Gough with the 87th (The Prince of Wales’s Own Irish) Regiment of Foot
Robert S. Rait & Richard Cannon
An outstanding soldier and his regiment in the Peninsular War   Those who know anything of Hugh Gough will probably know of him as the general who defeated the Sikhs of the Punjab and final..
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Bravo, Young Buffs!—The Recollections of an Officer of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot During the Peninsular War
Bravo, Young Buffs!—The Recollections of an Officer of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot During the Peninsular War
George B. L’Estrange & Richard Cannon
With a Short Historical Record of the 31st or Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon
An excellent Peninsular War first-hand account and regimental history The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot earned their title of the Young Buffs at Dettingen, where George II, mistook them b..
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With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles in Canada, 1807-1832
With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles in Canada, 1807-1832
Charles Leslie
A rare eyewitness account of a British infantry officer with Wellington This book is a first rate eyewitness narrative of the Peninsular War written by a regimental officer of the British Army. In ..
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Narrative of the Peninsular War
Narrative of the Peninsular War
Andrew Leith Hay
The Experiences of an Aide-de-Camp and Officer in the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain & Portugal
At war against Napoleon’s army with the famous duke This is an invaluable first hand account of a British officer who served under both Moore and Wellington against Napoleon’s invading French force..
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Wellington’s Soldiers
Wellington’s Soldiers
Edward Fraser
The Exploits of the Officers & Men in the Battles of the Peninsular War 1809-1814
Accounts of battle and daring under the ‘Iron Duke’ The author of this book, Edward Fraser, specialised in histories concerning the soldiers and sailors of the Napoleonic Age. Originally titled, in..
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George Napier of the 52nd
George Napier of the 52nd
George T. Napier
Personal Recollections of Service With the Light Division During the Peninsular War Under Moore & Wellington
At war in Spain against Napoleon’s French Army Any student of the military history of Great Britain during the 19th century will be aware of the name Napier. This was a remarkable family. Colonel G..
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Trifles from My Portfolio
Trifles from My Portfolio
Walter Henry
The Adventures of a Young Medical Officer of H.M. 66th Regt. in Portugal, Spain and India 1811-1817
To Spain, Portugal and India on campaign with the British Army The author of this interesting Peninsular War account was a medical man attached to the 66th Regiment of Foot—the Berkshire Regiment. ..
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