Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence: A Hero of the Peninsular & Waterloo
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SERGEANT WILLIAM LAWRENCE. A HERO OF THE PENINSULAR AND WATERLOO CAMPAIGNS.\nSergeant Lawrence\u2019s memoir is one of the most important sources of information on life in the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars. Lawrence enlisted in the 40th Regt., served in the River Plate expedition, Peninsular 1809-14 (inc. Talavera, Busaco, Badajoz, Vitoria &c.) & Waterloo campaigns.\n\u201CI was so weak myself that I could scarcely walk, so I crawled on my hands and knees till I got out of the reach of the enemy\u2019s musketry. After proceeding for some way I fell in with Lord Wellington and his staff, who seeing me wounded, asked me which regiment I belonged to. I told them the Fortieth, and that I had been one of the forlorn hope.\u201DThe military memoirs of one who enlisted in the 40th Foot (later 1st Bn South Lancs) in 1804 and was eventually discharged in 1821. He served in South America against the Spaniards, in Ireland, the Peninsula, the West Indies and in the Wa.
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