A finely written account of the war in Spain by a serving British officerMoyle Sherer a young officer of the 34th Regiment of FootThe CumberlandGentlemenhas bro... » 

A finely written account of the war in Spain by a serving British officerMoyle Sherer a young officer of the 34th Regiment of FootThe CumberlandGentlemenhas brought a writers eye and pen to his experiences of life oncampaign and on the battlefield as a member of Wellingtons Army fightingNapoleons French during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. Thereader will be treated to rare detail of action countryside friends foes anduniform often missing from the works of less able authors. Sherer was presentat Busaso and Albuera among other engagements and his descriptions of theactions and their aftermaths are graphic riveting and chilling. This redcoated infantrymans chronicle of the war in Spain has long been highlyregarded as one of the best memoirs of the period making it essential forserious and casual students alike. «