LEADER 03027nam 22004813 450 001 9910164077603321 005 20230725063652.0 010 $a9781908692986 010 $a1908692987 035 $a(CKB)3710000001057003 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4808099 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4808099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11348666 035 $a(OCoLC)974595019 035 $a(BIP)059099049 035 $a(Exl-AI)4808099 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001057003 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJournal Of A Soldier Of The 71st Regiment From 1806 to 1815 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cWagram Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011. 215 $a1 online resource (62 pages) 327 $aIntro -- INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. -- CONTENTS. -- JOURNAL OF A SOLDIER -- LETTER-BY THE WRITER OF THE JOURNAL TO HIS FRIEND, ENCLOSING THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT. 330 8 $aThis work is the journal of an anonymous soldier from Edinburgh, known only as Thomas, having enlisted as a short term soldier for seven years in 1806. He was not motivated by any thought of gaining glory in the wars against France; his motive for enlisting was his lost honour and the shame of having wronged his parents following a failed attempt at a stage career. He was an educated man and wrote very well, but, haunted by the dishonour of his actions, he took the King's shilling from the first recruiting sergeant that was passing. Unknown to him this regiment was the 71st, later Highland Light Infantry, a regiment of great renown and e?lan that had and would be in the forefront of the fighting.Thomas saw his redemption in a journey through the purgatory of service as a private soldier in the British army. His travails would be hard and the privations many but bound by his word he sticks to his resolution. He was to campaign far and wide: from the expedition to Buenos Ayres, during which he was captured, to the despicable conditions of the retreat to Corun?a, fever-ridden Walcheren, battles and skirmishes in the Peninsula including Roleia, Vimiero, Fuentes D'On?oro, Vittoria, Bayonne and the Nivelle, and finally the battle of Waterloo. His discharge followed soon after and, despite being back in his homeland of Scotland, the penury of an ex-serviceman was his only reward.A vivid and uncompromising tale of hard fighting, privation and the realities of war. 606 $aSoldiers$vBiography$7Generated by AI 606 $aPersonal narratives$7Generated by AI 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aPersonal narratives. 676 $a940.274092 700 $a(Thomas)$b Anonymous$01371630 701 $aPublishing$b Pickle Partners$01077764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164077603321 996 $aJournal Of A Soldier Of The 71st Regiment From 1806 to 1815$93401107 997 $aUNINA