On the Road With Wellington: Diary of a War Commissary in the Peninsular Campaign - Couverture rigide

Schaumann, A. L. F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848328397 ISBN 13 : 9781848328396

Editeur : Frontline Books, 2015

Synopsis

This remarkable memoir captures the life and adventures of a junior officer as he endures the drama and agonies of the fierce struggle in Spain, Portugal, and southern France between 1808 and 1814. As a commissary, he was entrusted with gathering supplies and was caught up in a host of brawls and skirmishes. He laments the lot of commissaries exposing themselves to the enemy on their foraging raids, risking assassination by enraged natives, and being treated shabbily by the generals. This edition is introduced by Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series of novels and TV films.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

SCHAUMANN was born in Hanover and at the age of 16 he was compelled to join the army against his will, but he eventually rose through the ranks to the rank of junior-subaltern, though he left the Hanoverian Army in 1799. When France invaded Hanover in 1803 Schaumann went to England where he was employed as a clerk at a Newcastle firm. In 1807 he decided to move to Russia. He never made it there because heavy storms forced him to take refuge in Goteborg, Sweden. Here too he found a brief employment as a clerk. When the English fleet sailed back to England after its Swedish expedition in 1808 August he boarded one of its ships and was taken to England to start a new career as war commissary in the King's German Legion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frontline Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848328397
• ISBN 13: 9781848328396
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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