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Joseph Moyle Sherer (he who wrote: "Military memoirs of Field Marshal, the Duke of Wellington") arriving in the Peninsula in 1809:
The next day was full of the bustle of preparation. All our heavy baggage had already been left in England, and we now received a fresh order to disencumber ourselves of every thing, not absolutely necessary. My brother subaltern and I had a small baggage mule lightly laden, between us, and in this, the infancy of our zeal, we carried knapsacks ; four of us formed a small social mess, and had the comfort of a canteen ; but neither officers or men, at this period, had tents, and no one except field officers and adjutants were mounted. One mule per company, with camp kettles and the few baggage animals of the officers formed the whole of our incumbrance.
...I think Brady's and Jaeger's mule wants some more attention, the poor dear... *has evil thoughts*
The next day was full of the bustle of preparation. All our heavy baggage had already been left in England, and we now received a fresh order to disencumber ourselves of every thing, not absolutely necessary. My brother subaltern and I had a small baggage mule lightly laden, between us, and in this, the infancy of our zeal, we carried knapsacks ; four of us formed a small social mess, and had the comfort of a canteen ; but neither officers or men, at this period, had tents, and no one except field officers and adjutants were mounted. One mule per company, with camp kettles and the few baggage animals of the officers formed the whole of our incumbrance.
...I think Brady's and Jaeger's mule wants some more attention, the poor dear... *has evil thoughts*
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