The Recollections of Rifleman Harris: A British Soldier in the Napoleonic Wars (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) (English Edition)

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris: A British Soldier in the Napoleonic Wars (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) (English Edition)

作者
Benjamin Harris
语言
英语
出版社
Dover Publications
出版日期
2019年11月13日
纸书页数
144页
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文件大小
2704 KB
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2430
更新日期
2023-05-02
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内容简介

Diaries, memoirs, and letters by officers of the Napoleonic era abound, but there are few reminiscences by common foot soldiers. This extraordinarily vivid and entirely authentic report by British rifleman Benjamin Harris offers rare glimpses of life among the enlisted men. Harris's personal anecdotes, brimming with ready wit and memorable descriptions, tell of military life from the bottom up: the soldiers' camaraderie amid physical hardships and inadequate supplies and equipment, their endemic drunkenness and frequent hunger, the terrible punishments meted out for even small infractions, and the narrow margin between death and survival.In the mid-1830s, Harris was working as a London cobbler when he met a former British Army officer who asked him to recount his wartime experiences. A natural storyteller with a remarkable tale to tell, Harris recalled his years of active service, which began in 1803 when he joined the 95th Regiment of Foot in Ireland and were followed by campaigns from 1808 to 1809 in Portugal and Spain. First published in 1848, this memoir was neither popular nor well received during Harris's lifetime, but since its rediscovery in the early twentieth century, it has become one of the most valuable documents of the Peninsular War.

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