Guthrie's War
Subtitle: A Surgeon of the Peninsula and Waterloo
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Barnsley - South Yorkshire
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 194
Description: An account of a unique military medical genius - a forgotten hero of the wars against Republican and Imperial France 1792-1815.
Much detail is given to the surgeon's travails during the Peninsular War - 1808-1814
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations; title: Foreword by Lord Ribeiro; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: 1. A Flying Start; title: 2. Actions and Sojourn in Portugal; title: 3. Striking Out; title: 4. 'All the Fiends in Pandemonium' - Albuera; title: 5. Bloody Sieges; title: 6. Breakout; title: 7.Retreat, Lisbon and on to Santander; title: 8. Toulouse; title: 9. Peace and War - Waterloo; title: 10. Guthrie's Combat legacy and Post-War Efforts; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index