Portugal to Waterloo With Wellington: the Journal of a British Commissariat Officer During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of 1815

by John Edgecombe Daniel

A reporter's eye on great historical events

Readers may be of the initial opinion that the view of an officer of the Commissariat Department would be necessarily less dynamic than that of a regimental officer. In fact, Daniel's position as a non-combatant has proved to be the exact opposite and of particular value to those interested in his subject matter by his comparative detachment from the narrow and confused view of the actual battle line...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846779227
• ISBN13: 9781846779220
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"