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by B H Liddell Hart, editor
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The Letters of Private Wheeler |
Wheeler served in the British Army throughout the Peninsular War, fighting in most of the major battles and at Waterloo. The mystery is how a common soldier could write so well about army life, describe the battles with such accuracy, know about history and quote the classics. It has been suggested he was perhaps a schoolmaster who enlisted out of patriotism or to escape some sort of trouble. Whoever he was, his letters are enthralling.
(John Bond - bwl 10 August 2001) |
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