FEEDING WELLINGTON'S ARMY IN THE PENINSULA: The Journal of Assistant Commissary General Tupper Carey - Volume I

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Transcribed from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the first of two volumes which cover the lively career of a commissary, from early life to serving throughout the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns. Also detailed are Tupper's role in the Corunna campaign, The Border War, Battle of Salamanca, and the Siege of Burgos. Contains 16 color illustrations.

Written with vivid detail, these journals offer a truly unique window into the life of a commissary and the campaigns in which he served. Although a civilian and greatly discouraged from putting himself in mortal danger, Tupper was often to be found watching the fighting from some nearby vantage point and often describes the actions he witnessed, particularly where it affected his own charge. He also talks freely about fellow officers, and being a private journal written simply for the eyes of his immediate family, he is not shy in giving his honest opinions of both his subordinates or indeed his superiors.