THE 3rd SCOTS GUARDS IN TIME OF WAR: THE MEMOIRS OF SERGEANT JOHN STEVENSON, 1793-1814

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This important memoir, quoted by both Fortescue & Oman, is without doubt one of the most rare, there being only being five copies recorded. His memoir covers campaigns including Ireland in 1798, Egypt 1801, Hanover 1806, Copenhagen 1807, the Peninsular war 1809-11 (Oporto, Talavera, Bussaco, Torres Vedras, and Fuentes d'Onoro) and Bergen op Zoom 1814. It is also an important study of the rise of Methodism in the British Army. He served as a private for five years and was promoted sergeant in 1800. Includes 10 maps and other lllustrations.