Bayonets, Bugles & Bonnets - Experiences of Hard Soldiering with the 71st Foot - The Highland Light Infantry - Through Many Battles of the Napoleonic

Bayonets, Bugles & Bonnets - Experiences of Hard Soldiering with the 71st Foot - The Highland Light Infantry - Through Many Battles of the Napoleonic FAILED ACTOR TO SOLDIER & NINE YEARS SERVICE (FROM 1806-1815) A YOUNG SCOT'S EXPERIENCES OF WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA, SPAIN & FINALLY AT WATERLOO - Originally written anonymously this is the first-hand account of a 16 year old Edinburgh man who joins the Highland Light Infantry and lives to regret it! Campaign life and brutal action is related in a succinct, intelligent style. This fascinating view of a rankers trials and suffering comes from the pen of a very uncommon common soldier Autor: James 'Thomas' Todd Wydawnictwo: Leonaur Rok wydania: 2006 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 128 Wymiary: 21.6 x 14.0 x 0.9 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781846770210