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Light bob the experiences of a young officer in h m 28 th and 36 th regiments of the british infantry during the peninsular campaign of the napoleonic wars 1804 1814. | |
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Books boeken blakeney leonaur paperback november 2006: LIGHT BOB - FROM BOY SOLDIER TO VETERAN FIGHTING FOR WELLINGTON This is the story of a very young man who joined the British Army at the age of only 15 in 1804 and spent the following ten years of his life on perpetual campaign in Spain Portugal and France at war against Napoleons French army.
There are several Peninsular War first hand accounts by British officers and Light Bob ranks highly amongst them but it also provides an exceptional account of the campaign in Andalucia - which is little covered elsewhere.
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