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John Fremantle was on Wellington's personal staff through the later years of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns.He had a uniquely privileged view of the general and tells of his exploits - good and bad. The letters were written to his uncle, who was effectively his guardian, an army man and no shrinking violet.Fremantle deals with military matters in detail and gives a great insight into Wellington's honest views of matters - not the sanitized diplomatic versions Wellington allowed to be published in later life. He also talks a great deal about the personalities in 'Wellington's family'

Fremantle, John, 1790-1845 -- Correspondence. --- Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards -- History. --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. --- Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852. --- Soldiers --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 --- Fremantle, John, --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, --- Great Britain. --- History. --- Great Britain --- History, Military

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The British archives of the Napoleonic wars are unique, brimming with personal letters to family and friends or journals that record their innermost thoughts. The human aspect of war comes to the fore, the humor and exhilaration; the fears and miseries; the starvation and exhaustion; the horror and the joy.It is usually accepted that very few common soldiers of this period could read or write and that the few letters and journals that do exist emanate from more senior officers, who were required to be able to write to perform their duties. Volume I proved this to be a fallacy, and this volume

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives. --- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Sources.

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The regiments of the Light Division, and its predecessor, the Light Brigade, were involved in almost every major battle and skirmish fought by Wellington and Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War. Unlike the line infantry, these men were encouraged to think and fight independently and were, often, of a higher educational standard, resulting in vivid descriptions of warfare and campaign life. However, these memoirs do not simply cover old ground. Many of these accounts were produced within hours, or at most days, after the incidents they describe, and they often portray a very different view of many famous events and cause us to question numerous claims made in those later published memoirs. Never intended to be published, the memoirs in this book were written only for the men themselves and their families, being penned without the dreaded influence of hindsight to alter and temper their views.

Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815 --- Great britain --- History, modern --- Military biography --- History --- Biography & autobiography