CHAPTER XXVII

Breaking up of the British Peninsular army at the abdication Page 330 of Napoleon—Separation of the soldiers' wives—The elopement—Sad story of Thorp, the Drum-Major—Conclusion

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE 88TH FOOT (CONNAUGHT RANGERS) _Frontispiece_

MAP OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL _To face page_ 1

LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR T. PICTON, G.C.B. ” ” 14

PLAN OF SIEGE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO ” ” 142

PLAN OF SIEGE OF BADAJOZ ” ” 178

SERGEANT AND PRIVATE IN WINTER MARCHING ORDER, 1813 ” ” 308

ADVENTURES

WITH THE

CONNAUGHT RANGERS

1809–1814