The flying ensign: Greencoats against Napoleon
by Showell Styles
Category: La Coruna, Battle of, La Coruna, Spain, 1809

From 1808 through 1809, sixteen-year-old Peter Byrd, known as the Flying Ensign for his mountain-climbing abilities, and his friend, the Honorable Charles Neville--both members of the British army--help to free Spain from occupation by Napoleon's armies.