A Scot at War with Wellington: The Memoir of Captain James Stirling of the Black Watch

by Gareth Glover

For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the number of published memoirs is surprisingly low. The discovery of the three hand-written journals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland covering the period from August 1808, when the regiment left Gibraltar for Lisbon until the end of 1813, are therefore of significant importance in our understanding of the actions of this regiment during the Peninsular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399041517
• ISBN13: 9781399041515
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 312 Pages