Transcribed from Tupper Carey's journals, vividly details his experiences and observations as a Commissary General during the Peninsular War, Waterloo campaign, and post-war occupation in France.

Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the second of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign.

Written with vivid detail, these journals offer a truly unique window into the life of a Commissary and the campaigns in which he served. Although a civilian and greatly discouraged from putting himself in mortal danger, Tupper was often to be found watching the fighting from some nearby vantage point and often describes the actions he witnessed, particularly where it affected his own charge, whether a battalion, a brigade or even later an entire division. Interspersed with these primary roles, he was often seconded to form supply bases in the rear of the army, or to hastily remove or destroy stores when threatened by enemy advances. He also talks freely about fellow officers, and being a private journal written simply for the eyes of his immediate family, he is not shy in giving his honest opinions of both his subordinates or indeed his superiors.

This volume covers the period from the launch of Wellington’s great advance into Spain in 1813 until the end of the war in 1814, the Waterloo campaign of 1815 and the Army of Occupation in France from 1815 to 1818, when Tupper became arguably the most important Commissary working for the Duke of Wellington.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Plates
• Foreword
• The Further Recollections of Commissary Tupper Carey
• Spring 1813
• 5th Campaign: Advance into Spain, Battles of Vitoria and Pamplona, Siege of San Sebastian
• 6th Campaign: Entrance into France. Battles of Nive, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse. Peace, Return of Portuguese Army to Portugal. Go on a cruise and then return to England.
• 7th Campaign: Battle of Waterloo, Capture of Paris and occupation of its environs. Peace, British Army of Occupation in France and withdrawal in 1818
• Appendices
  • A: Commissary Tupper Carey’s Correspondence
  • B: The Court Martials of Deputy Commissary General Charles Pratt and William Moore