Fitchett abridges four soldier memoirs of the Napoleonic wars: John Kincaid’s adventures in the Rifle Brigade, the reminiscences of Rifleman Harris, one of Craufurd’s veterans, James Anton’s military life in a Highland regiment, and Cavalié Mercer’s journal of Waterloo as a horse-artillery officer. Together they cover retreats and pursuits in Spain, storming breaches, the Pyrenees, Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
An excellent sampler of the best rank-and-file and junior-officer writing of Wellington’s army. Download the free EPUB.