Any Napoleonic memoirs edited by Gareth Glover can be relied upon to contain interesting primary source material, supported by informative biographical details of the original author and explanatory footnotes on the military-historical background, and this book is no exception. Captain James Stirling’s memoirs cover his service in the 42nd in the Corunna and Walcheren campaigns, and in the Peninsula from April 1812 to October 1813. In that month he transferred into the Portuguese 11th Line Regiment, giving him a step up to Brevet Captain, so the book includes some details of his service with that regiment at the Battle of Nivelle. He became a Captain by purchase in the 42nd on 11th May 1815 but did not serve in the Waterloo Campaign and died on 20th January 1818 aged only twenty-five. His journals, written up from notes made in pocketbooks, are thus untainted by reading Sir William Napier’s History of the War in the Peninsula and are a valuable addition to the relatively few Black.. Read more
Miniature Wargames, Arthur Harman

Subtitled The Peninsular War Letters of William, George and Charles Napier, this book contains extracts from the original private letters and journals of the three Napier brothers and those of fellow officers, written while they were on campaign, without the distortion of hindsight that affects later writings. All three bothers served with distinction in the Peninsular War and were wounded on active service. Charles, the oldest, was commissioned an ensign in the 33rd Foot in January 1794 and became a lieutenant in the 89th Foot in May of the same year, aged eleven! In May 1806 he was promoted to a majority in the Cape Corps, from which he exchanged into the 50th Foot, which he commanded at Corunna, being wounded five times and taken prisoner. After being exchanged in January 1810, he served as a volunteer in the Light Brigade, was aide de camp to General Craufurd at the Coa and was then attached to Wellington’s staff. At Busaco he was shot in the face, his jaw broken and his eye injured... Read more
Arthur Harman, Miniature Wargames

"Tupper Carey presents a different perspective on the campaigns and battles described by many British memoirists... Collectors of British memoirs of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns will want to add both volumes of this entertaining memoir to their libraries."
Miniature Wargames

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After Action Report Newsletter, August 2023