Colonel Samuel Bagshawe and the Army of George II, 1713-1762

"This selection of Bagshawe's letters and papers, with an introduction, commentary and notes, offers a rich account of regimental soldiering as it was carried on by a cast of characters who would not be out of place in the pages of Henry Fielding or, in our own time, Evelyn Waugh. As an illuminating record of the military condition during what is still a relatively unknown period of the Army's history, together with its often hilarious accounts of daily life on the battlefield, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the England of the eighteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.