The Military Adventures of Charles O'Neil Who was a Soldier in the Army of Lord Wellington during the Memorable Peninsular War and the Continental Campaigns from 1811 to 1815

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Introductory Remarks.--The Author’s Birth.--Parentage.--Prevalence of the Military Spirit.--Two of his Brothers enlist, and are killed in the Service.--Author apprenticed to a Carpenter.--His Desire for a Military Life.--Leaves Home without the Consent of his Parents.--Reaches Belfast, and enlists.--Dissatisfied with his new Position.--Deserts, and returns to his Native Village.--Again enlists, at Navan.--Still dissatisfied, and again deserts.--Enlists a third Time.--Marches to Dublin, and thence to Cork.--Departs for England.--Incidents of the Voyage.--Sails for the Peninsula.--The Ship on Fire.--A Terrific Storm.--Arrives in Spain.--Gibraltar.--A Flogging, 7