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Excerpt from Narrative of the Peninsular War, From 1808-1813 Scarcely any Work on the subject of the War in the Peninsula has enjoyed a more extensive popularity than that which forms the basis of the present volume. The rank and official situation of the writer, who, it must be borne in mind, took an active part in the great struggle - as well as his near relationship to the war-minister of the day afforded him opportunities of acquiring knowledge which perhaps no other individual (the Commander of the Forces alone excepted) could enjoy and of these his natural quick ness of observation, as well as the habit of recording his daily impressions as they occurred, enabled him to make the best use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.