Published anonymously in three volumes and later gathered into one, Donaldson’s narrative covers twenty-one years: a restless boyhood and then six years in the ranks, ending in 1814. He describes enlistment, Ireland, and the marches, sieges, hunger and homesickness of Wellington’s campaigns in Spain and Portugal from the private soldier’s side.
A plain-spoken private soldier’s view of Wellington’s army, for readers of Napoleonic history. Download the free EPUB.