item: #1 of 12
          id: 20207
      author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
       title: Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
        date: None
       words: 129775
      flesch: 78
     summary: They were both good men, and will be a loss to us. I have two thousand men under me and, though Bull and Macwitty are good men, so far as the carrying out of an order goes, they are still too much troopers, seldom make a suggestion, and never really discuss any plan I suggest; so that the responsibility of the lives of all these men really rests entirely upon my shoulders.
    keywords: army; boat; british; captain; cavalry; colonel; command; country; course; day; days; division; doubt; fire; force; french; general; good; half; hill; left; line; march; men; miles; morning; night; o'connor; officers; orders; place; portuguese; position; prisoners; regiment; river; round; ryan; sir; soldiers; spaniards; spanish; terence; time; town; troops; way; wellington; work
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        item: #2 of 12
          id: 21371
      author: Fenn, George Manville
       title: Our Soldier Boy
        date: None
       words: 12235
      flesch: 87
     summary: Said he knowed there'd be a house up somewheres there. He asked for water often, and then all at once the boy felt frightened, for the wounded man began to talk and mutter wildly: then he began to shout to his men to come on and charge, and at last poor Dick broke down.
    keywords: beane; boy; colonel; corporal; dick; head; joe; men; mrs; tom
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        item: #3 of 12
          id: 21374
      author: Fenn, George Manville
       title: !Tention: A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War
        date: None
       words: 95961
      flesch: 90
     summary: I have got poor Punch here. Now for poor Punch.
    keywords: bit; boy; coming; companion; comrade; course; door; eyes; fellow; french; girl; good; half; hand; head; help; lads; like; look; looking; man; men; officer; pen; priest; punch; right; sir; sleep; thought; time; try; want; water; way; wound
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        item: #4 of 12
          id: 28981
      author: Kincaid, J. (John)
       title: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815
        date: None
       words: 63095
      flesch: 64
     summary: While our operations here were confined to a tame skirmish, and our view to the oaks with which we were mingled, we found, by the evidence of our ears, that the division which we had come to support was involved in a more serious onset, for _there_ was the successive rattle of artillery, the wild hurrah of charging squadrons, and the repulsing volley of musketry; until Lord Wellington, finding his right too much extended, directed _that_ division to fall back behind the small river Touronne, and ours to join the main body of the army. Having thus satisfied the mother that I had been the means of restoring her daughter to her usual state of health, she thought it prudent to put the best face upon it, and, therefore, invited me to partake of their family dinner; in the course of which I succeeded so well in eating my way into their affections, that we parted next morning with mutual regret; they told me that I was the _best_ officer they had ever seen, and begged that I would always make their house my home; but I was never fated to see them again.
    keywords: action; arms; army; attack; battalion; battle; brigade; day; daylight; division; enemy; fire; french; general; good; ground; having; head; horse; left; line; lord; man; march; men; moment; morning; night; officer; place; position; post; quarters; regiment; river; road; shot; sir; thing; time; town; village; way; wellington
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        item: #5 of 12
          id: 29263
      author: Lawrence, William
       title: The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns
        date: None
       words: 63906
      flesch: 60
     summary: General delight at the end of the war -- March to Bordeaux -- Kind reception of the troops by the inhabitants of the country on the way -- Particular good fortune of Lawrence -- Great attention on the part of his host -- A magnificent dinner -- Singular effects of a campaign on Lawrence's taste for feather-beds -- He tells of moving accidents, &c., &c., and excites the pity of his hostess -- Two men sentenced to be flogged, but begged off by the inhabitants of the town -- Arrival at Bordeaux -- Encampment on the Garonne -- Fraternizing of the natives and the troops -- Good times in camp -- We did not seem to be in any hurry to quit the country before everything was thoroughly arranged, and having no enemy pushing on our rear, we were often billeted at towns and villages longer than we need have been, which caused our march to take more time to accomplish, but made it much more comfortable.
    keywords: army; body; captain; chapter; colonel; company; country; day; days; end; enemy; fire; french; general; ground; house; left; lord; man; march; men; miles; money; morning; night; place; poor; regiment; rest; retreat; sergeant; set; shot; thought; time; town; troops; way; wellington; work
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        item: #6 of 12
          id: 36778
      author: Surtees, William
       title: Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade
        date: None
       words: 141965
      flesch: 59
     summary: During the whole of that afternoon, both while the negotiations were pending, and at other times, the American officers were unceasing in their endeavours to induce our soldiers to desert and join their army. An eagle, six pieces of cannon, the General of Division Ruffin, and the General of Brigade Rousseau, wounded and taken; the Chief of the Staff, General Bellegarde, and aide-de-camp of Marshal Victor, and the colonel of the 8th regiment, with many other officers killed, and several wounded and taken prisoners, the field covered with the dead bodies of the enemy, attest that my confidence in this division was nobly repaid.
    keywords: action; advance; army; artillery; attack; battalion; board; body; bridge; brigade; british; captain; cavalry; close; colonel; company; corps; country; course; day; days; direction; distance; division; doubt; effect; enemy; field; fire; force; french; general; good; ground; half; having; hill; house; left; line; man; march; men; morning; night; number; occasion; officer; order; people; place; point; poor; position; rear; regiment; rifle; river; road; service; set; shot; sir; situation; thing; time; town; troops; village; way
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        item: #7 of 12
          id: 44055
      author: Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
       title: With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula
        date: None
       words: 94502
      flesch: 84
     summary: Blessed ef I don't think as the toff of an orficer in staff uniform ain't Mr. Tom Clifford, him as held up them Portuguese in a church, commanding the Frenchies who'd taken him as prisoner, said one. CHAPTER VIII Tom changes Quarters Heavy drops of thunder rain, pattering upon the roof above and upon the stone flags that surrounded the front of the church, awakened Tom Clifford at early dawn on the morning after he had led the French troopers to their defensive post.
    keywords: alfonso; andrews; answer; army; british; business; church; clifford; command; door; enemy; eyes; face; fact; fellow; french; general; good; hand; head; help; hero; house; jack; john; josé; left; look; man; men; moment; officer; open; oporto; peasants; place; portuguese; right; riley; room; said; septimus; set; sir; spanish; till; time; tom; troopers; troops; way; wellington; work
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        item: #8 of 12
          id: 44965
      author: Kincaid, J. (John)
       title: Random Shots from a Rifleman
        date: None
       words: 65101
      flesch: 52
     summary: Brief, however, is the space which can be allotted to military lamentations in such times, for within a quarter of an hour we were again on the move in battle array, to seek laurels or death in another field. The troops of all arms composing the rear guard conducted themselves admirably throughout the whole of that retreat, for although the enemy did not press them so much as they might have done, yet they were at all times in close contact, and many times in actual combat, and it was impossible to say which was the most distinguished--the splendid service of the horse artillery, the dashing conduct of the dragoons, or the unconquerable steadiness and bravery of the infantry.
    keywords: army; battle; body; chief; country; course; day; days; death; division; duty; end; enemy; face; field; french; gallant; general; good; ground; guard; half; hand; head; house; left; life; little; lord; man; march; men; moment; morning; night; occasion; officer; order; place; position; post; regiment; retreat; road; service; shot; sir; soldier; thing; time; troops; war; way; wellington; years
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        item: #9 of 12
          id: 46131
      author: Patterson, John
       title: The Adventures of Captain John Patterson With Notices of the Officers, &c. of the 50th, or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821
        date: None
       words: 77972
      flesch: 61
     summary: The Highlanders, under Cameron, stood firm, and maintained their post with determined bravery until their ammunition was expended, when, borne down by legions, the remnant of these devoted Northerns withdrew to the contiguous hill.--Their Colonel, having had two horses shot under him, and being twice severely wounded, was forced to quit the field.[30] Captain Bevan, of the 92nd Grenadiers, was wounded at the same time, as well as many other officers of that corps. In this instance, as well as in every other, when we had occasion to make the observation, the Spaniards proved themselves a generous and friendly people, evincing in every possible way, and by every mark of good-will, the pleasure they experienced not only in seeing strangers but on the return of those whom they had known before, and who had at other times enjoyed their hospitality.
    keywords: 50th; appearance; arms; army; body; brigade; british; camp; captain; chapter; character; colonel; company; consequence; corps; country; course; dark; day; days; duty; enemy; fair; field; fire; french; general; good; ground; hands; head; hill; hour; house; inhabitants; lay; left; length; lieutenant; life; line; major; man; manner; march; means; military; morning; night; officers; order; party; people; place; poor; quarters; regiment; road; sea; service; set; ship; situation; soldiers; state; thing; time; town; troops; village; walls; war; way; weather; work; wounded; young
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        item: #10 of 12
          id: 56211
      author: Harris, Benjamin
       title: Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.) with anecdotes of his officers and his comrades
        date: None
       words: 44595
      flesch: 72
     summary: The Rifles, indeed, fought well this day, and we lost many men. I remember on the march from Salamanca seeing many men fail.
    keywords: army; battle; body; captain; company; craufurd; day; days; dead; enemy; fellow; field; french; general; good; having; left; man; march; men; moment; night; officer; order; place; poor; regiment; retreat; rifles; soldier; thought; time; way
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        item: #11 of 12
          id: 62571
      author: None
       title: Wellington's Men: Some Soldier Autobiographies
        date: None
       words: 136724
      flesch: 76
     summary: The Rifles fought well this day, and we lost many men. There were certainly not many men, even in Craufurd's rearguard, stronger in body or hardier in temper than Harris, yet at last even his iron strength and dauntless energy failed him.
    keywords: 3_s; advance; anton; arms; army; artillery; attack; battalion; battle; body; bras; brigade; british; camp; captain; cavalry; charge; close; colonel; corps; day; days; dead; division; duke; enemy; english; face; feet; fellow; field; fighting; fire; firing; forward; french; gave; general; ground; guns; half; hand; harris; having; head; hill; history; horses; infantry; kincaid; left; life; line; long; lord; lying; major; man; march; men; mercer; moment; morning; night; officer; order; place; point; position; post; quatre; rear; regiment; retreat; rifles; river; road; saw; scene; sergeant; shot; sir; soldier; thought; time; town; trans; troops; village; vols; waterloo; way; wellington; wounded
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        item: #12 of 12
          id: 9613
      author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
       title: The Young Buglers
        date: None
       words: 103952
      flesch: 79
     summary: In the first place, it would not be altogether creditable to his memory that relations of his should be serving as buglers in his old regiment; and in the second place, it might be that, from a kindness towards him, some of the officers might, perhaps, treat us differently to other boys, which would make our position more difficult by exciting jealousy among others. At the same time, I will promise you that I will keep my eye upon you, and that if an opportunity should occur in which I can give you a chance of showing that there is more in you than in other boys, be sure you shall have the chance.
    keywords: army; attack; battle; boys; british; captain; cavalry; colonel; course; day; days; division; enemy; english; fire; french; general; good; got; hand; head; hill; left; look; lord; manley; massa; men; moment; morning; night; nunez; officers; order; peter; place; position; regiment; rhoda; road; round; sam; scudamore; sir; soldiers; spanish; thought; time; tom; town; troops; village; way; wellington
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