This remarkable memoir captures the life and adventures of a junior officer as he endures the drama and agonies of the fierce struggle in Spain, Portugal, and southern France between 1808 and 1814. As a commissary, he was entrusted with gathering supplies and was caught up in a host of brawls and skirmishes. He laments the lot of commissaries exposing themselves to the enemy on their foraging raids, risking assassination by enraged natives, and being treated shabbily by the generals.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Schaumann, A. F. L.
Title
On the Road with Wellington. Diary of a War Commissary in the Peninsular Campaign
Details
English text, 16 pages with bw-illustrations. 448 pages.
State
new
Frontline Books 47 Church Street, Barnsley S70 2AS South Yorkshire Vereinigtes Königreich
