RAGLAN: FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA

Author: John Sweetman

Publisher: Arms & Armour Press

Year published: 1993

Pagination: 384pp, 34 ills, 10 maps, index

Condition: Very good in d/w

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Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, was on Wellington's personal staff in the Peninsular. He was badly wounded at Waterloo resulting in the amputation of his right arm. Despite this he became the British commander in the Crimea where he died as a result of dysentery. He is usually portrayed as an incompetent commander but the author sees him as an able tactician concerned for the welfare of his soldiers.