Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands / from 1809 to 1815

Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.
There is no Chapter IV in this book.
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LONDON: T. AND W. BOONE, STRAND. MDCCCXXX.
TO MAJOR-GEN. SIR ANDREW BARNARD, K. C. B. COLONEL OF THE FIRST BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE, AND ITS LEADER DURING A LONG AND BRILLIANT PERIOD OF ITS HISTORY, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND VERY OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT,
J. KINCAID.
In tracing the following scenes, I have chiefly drawn on the reminiscences of my military life, and endeavoured faithfully to convey to the mind of the reader the impression which they made on my own at the time of their occurrence. Should any errors, as to dates or trifling circumstances, have inadvertently crept into my narrative, I hope they will be ascribed to want of memory, rather than to any wilful intention to mislead. I am aware, that some objections may be taken to my style; for
Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace: For, since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, Till now, some nine moons wasted, they have us'd Their dearest action in the tented field: And little of this world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself; yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round unvarnished tale deliver,

CHAPTER I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.