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Sherer sees Wellie the first time... *grins*
Our division, commanded by General Hill, was reviewed on the plain, near Montigo, by Lord Wellington. We had a league to march to the ground, and were kept under arms a considerable time before his Lordship arrived. I was in the highest possible spirits, eager, to behold the hero, and as he passed very slowly down the line, observing the men with a keen scrutinizing look, I had the fullest, opportunity for indulging my curiosity. I was much struck with his countenance ; and, in his quick-glancing eye, prominent nose, and pressed lip, saw, very distinctly marked, the ready presence of mind, and imperturbable decision of character, so essential in a leader, and by which the name of this great commander has been rendered so deservedly illustrious.
I returned home after the review, passed a most cheerful evening, could talk of nothing but war and Wellington — was that night stretched on the bed of sickness, and, in a few days, lay at the very point of death.
Our division, commanded by General Hill, was reviewed on the plain, near Montigo, by Lord Wellington. We had a league to march to the ground, and were kept under arms a considerable time before his Lordship arrived. I was in the highest possible spirits, eager, to behold the hero, and as he passed very slowly down the line, observing the men with a keen scrutinizing look, I had the fullest, opportunity for indulging my curiosity. I was much struck with his countenance ; and, in his quick-glancing eye, prominent nose, and pressed lip, saw, very distinctly marked, the ready presence of mind, and imperturbable decision of character, so essential in a leader, and by which the name of this great commander has been rendered so deservedly illustrious.
I returned home after the review, passed a most cheerful evening, could talk of nothing but war and Wellington — was that night stretched on the bed of sickness, and, in a few days, lay at the very point of death.
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I had journeyed from Torre Major to Badajos on a bullock-car, occasionally relieving myself by mounting a led horse of the colonel's, who rode himself
by my side. From Badajos to Elvas we went in a cabriolet ; and from thence I had suffered so much by the motion, both of the car and carriage, that I
made an effort to proceed on horseback.