The Exploits of Ensign Bakewell MS: With the Inniskillings in the Peninsula, & in Paris, 1811 11: 1815

by Ian Robertson

A first-hand account of several engagements in the Peninsula after the advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras and pursuit of Mass(r)na, and including the first siege of Badajoz, edited from the original manuscript and with an explanatory commentary and notes by an experienced author well acquainted with both the period and the scenes of action. Fills a gap in the history of the Innis killings, the years 1812 to 1814 only being covered in Charles CroweOCOs war Journals, recently published by Frontline Books as OCyAn Eloquent SoldierOCO. Describes the French flight from Waterloo and - rarely revealed before - the life of a young officer in a promiscuous Paris during the earlier weeks of the Occupation.Contains a number of contemporary illustrations not previously published."

152 pages, ebook

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

For works by psychologist and neuroscientist Ian Roberston see Ian H. Robertson