Hussar in Winter - a British Cavalry Officer in the Retreat to Corunna

HUSAR IN WINTER - A CAVALRYMAN'S EXPERIENCE OF A HARSH CAMPAIGN Alexander Gordon witnessed the Peninsular War against Napoleon's French Army from the saddle of a light cavalry mount.

His was a campaign of patrols and piquets, scouting and skirmishing.

Caught up in the gruelling winter campaign that was the retreat to C