Journal of an Army Surgeon in the Peninsular War: the Recollections of a British Army Medical Man on Campaign During the Napoleonic Wars

by Charles Boutflower

Book Overview

A surgeons view of the war in Iberia

Charles Boutflower was the son of a Yorkshire vicar born in 1782. He studied surgery at the University of Edinburgh and joined the 40th Regiment of Foot-then a Somerset regiment-in 1801 as an assistant surgeon. He served with that regiment in the West Indies, South America and thereafter during the Peninsular War against Napoleon's invading French armies. It is from his time in Spain that his Journal is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846776295
• ISBN13: 9781846776298
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"