Private Wheeler: the letters of a soldier of the 51st Light Infantry during the Peninsular War & at Waterloo

by William Wheeler and William Adolphus Wheeler

Book Overview

The voice of an ordinary English infantryman during the Napoleonic Wars

Young William Wheeler's first experience of military life was within the ranks of the Surrey Militia, but he found peace time soldiering too tame and transferred to the 51st-a 'light bobs' regiment from the West Riding of Yorkshire. This famous account of the British Army at war against Napoleon's French forces has been made possible by the survival Wheeler's letters directly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846776333
• ISBN13: 9781846776335
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"