From Spain across the mountains into Southern France The author of
this account, a young subaltern of the British First Foot Guards,
joined Wellingtons Army in the closing stages of the war with
Napoleon's French Army in the Iberian peninsula. Now the fighting
would take place in the mountains and passes of the great mountain
barrier that stood between the allies and the homelands of their
enemy Batty's narrative concerns the campaign in the western
Pyrenees from the perspective of the left wing of the army in which
he served. The investment of San Sebastian is followed by the
crossings of the Bidassoa and the Nivelle as Wellington's force
begins its inexorable advance and the French plan their stubborn
retreat and defence against the coming invasion of the southern
provinces of their own nation. Batty describes the broad
disposition of the opposing armies, the detail of that which
affects his own brigade and his personal experiences together with
characterisations of familiar figures such as Maitland of the
Guards, Colborne, Alten and many others. The narrative concludes
with the battles for Bayonne and Toulouse which led to Napoleon's
abdication and the First Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy.
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