1870. This edition contains both Volumes I and II of this work. Mercer wascommander of the G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Wellingtons army andachieved fame as... » 

1870. This edition contains both Volumes I and II of this work. Mercer wascommander of the G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Wellingtons army andachieved fame as the Captain who disobeyed Wellingtons orders to abandon theguns and take shelter with the infantry when the French cavalry closed in. Hewas in the habit of jotting down notes on the events of the day each evening.This is the account of what he saw and felt from leaving Colchester for Belgium1815 to his final return to England in 1816. It is a remarkable and compellingaccount especially of the three days which ended the career of Napoleon.Mercers troop was at Quatre Bras where he got off a few rounds at Napoleonhimself and at Waterloo. There are graphic descriptions of the battles and ofhis tour over the battlefield the day after with its appalling scenes ofcarnage and the sight of the locals looting the dead and the notquite dead.It is an outstanding example of the literature of the Napoleonic wars and ithas a rarity as the memoir of an artillery officer and a troop commander atthat. «