ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE, IN THE PENINSULA, FRANCE, AND THE NETHERLANDS FROM 1809 - 1815

2007 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1830). SB. xvi+351pp.Published Price £9.95 First published in 1830, Captain Sir John Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 is an important primary source for British light infantry service during the Napoleonic Wars. Drawing upon his own campaigning experience, Kincaid provides a vivid eyewitness record of combat, marching, camp life and the character of the celebrated 95th Rifles.His service began with the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition of 1809, where disease inflicted devastating losses. He subsequently campaigned under Wellington in Portugal and Spain, witnessing the Lines of Torres Vedras, the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and the victory at Vittoria. He then followed the army across the Pyrenees into France and through the concluding operations around Toulouse.Returning to active service in 1815 as adjutant of the 1st Battalion, Kincaid fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. His first-hand observations capture not only major operations but the everyday realities of campaigning, regimental comradeship and life under fire. Combining immediacy, humour and sharp observation, this memoir remains an invaluable eyewitness account of the British Army at war.…