Adventures with the Connaught Rangers - Softcover

Grattan, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847349080 ISBN 13: 9781847349088

Publisher: Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War. His first battle was the bloody encounter at Busaco, when the Duke of Wellington himself commended the Connaughts’ clearing of the heights as the most gallant charge he had ever witnessed. Grattan’s second battle was the engagement at Fuentes d’Onoro. In the fierce fighting of the years covered by his memoirs, his unit, the 1st battalion of the Rangers, lost almost 50 percent of its officers [49 out of 103] killed or wounded, and gained no fewer than eleven battle honours, earning them the soubriquet ‘The Devil’s Own’. It was a well-deserved nickname. Vividly written and accompanied by maps, this is deservedly one of the most famous fighting memoirs of the Peninsula War and should not be missed.

About this title

About the Author

William Grattan was a subaltern of the Connaught Rangers, and saw action at almost all the great battles of the Peninsular War. After his service, he returned to his native Dublin and wrote regularly for the United Service Journal, as well as publishing an acclaimed Vindication of the Connaught Rangers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval and Military Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847349080
• ISBN 13: 9781847349088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372