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All for the king's shilling the British soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814

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  • "Coss draws on a comprehensive database on British soldiers as well as first-person accounts of Peninsular War participants to offer a better understanding of their backgrounds and daily lives. He describes how these neglected and abused soldiers came to rely increasingly on the emotional and physical support of comrades and developed their own moral and behavioral code. Their cohesiveness, Coss argues, was a major factor in their legendary triumphs over Napoleon's battle-hardened troops."--Pub. desc."
  • "These men depended on the king's shilling for survival, yet pay was erratic and provisions were scant. Fed worse even than sixteenth-century Spanish galley slaves, they often marched for days without adequate food; and if during the campaign they did steal from Portuguese and Spanish civilians, the theft was attributable not to any criminal leanings but to hunger and the paltry rations provided by the army."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Military history"@en
  • "Military history"

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  • "All for the king's shilling : the british soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814"
  • "All for the king's shilling : the British soldier under Wellington ; 1808 - 1814"
  • "All for the king's shilling : the British soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814"
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  • "All for the king's shilling the British soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814"

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