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A first-hand account of several engagements in the Peninsula after the advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras and pursuit of Massena, and including the first siege of Badajoz, edited from the original manuscript and with a explanatory commentary and notes by Ian Robertson, an experienced author well-acquainted with both the period and the scenes of action. Fills a gap in the history of the Inniskillings, the years 1812 to 1814 only being covered in Charles Crowe's war Journals, recently published by Frontline Books as 'An Eloquent Soldier'. Describes the French flight from Waterloo and - rarely revealed before - the life of a young officer in a promiscuous Paris during the earlier weeks of the Occupation.Contains numerous contemporary illustrations on 16 pages many not previously published. AUTHOR: Ian Robertson, who lived in Spain for two decades, has written three influential books on unfamiliar aspects of the conflict and - more recently - compiled a remarkable 'Atlas of the Peninsular War'. ILLUSTRATIONS: 16 pages of plates

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Laced with humour and irony - although often touchingly naive - Bakewell's accounts of his marches , the actions in which he participated, and the privations he suffered, have an immediacy that endears him to the reader, and provides - as few historians can - the sense of actually 'being there'. This is a valuable contribution to the number of Peninsular War narratives which have come to light in recent decades. - The Inniskillings Museum

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Ian Robertson, who lived in Spain for two decades, has written three influential books on unfamiliar aspects of the conflict and - more recently - compiled a remarkable 'Atlas of the Peninsular War', published by the Yale University Press.

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