Excerpt from Narrative of the Peninsular War, From 1808-1813 When a new force was equipped, and about to sail for that quarter, launched under new auspices, it occurred to me that these hasty sketches of a former period, however light and imperfect, might not be wholly uninteresting to those brave brother soldiers, who were embarking again for that land where so many laurels had been already gathered. I therefore determined to arrange, with a friend, my letters and memoranda in the form of a narrative. Their deficiency, in many respects, is frankly acknowledged; and it is hoped that, being composed under the circumstances of constant fatigue and activity of employment, the Author may meet with indulgence. On another point also he has to claim consideration from his brother officers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.