Todd (James). Journal of a Soldier of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, 1819

[Todd, James]. Journal of a Soldier of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, from 1806 to 1815, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Balfour & Clarke for William and Charles Tait and others, 1819, 232 pp., title and advertisement leaf re-guarded, a little light toning front and rear, modern blue half calf gilt, 8vo

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This Journal is often attributed to Captain Thomas Pococke or Thomas Howell. Subsequent research has revealed that in fact Thomas Howell was the editor rather than the author. G. Jones in the Bulletin of the Military Historical Society for May 1992 wrote that the Royal Highland Fusiliers own a copy of the third edition inscribed by Howell who writes 'the real name of the hero is not Thomas, the Christian name used in the Journal - James Todd is the individual I got the greater part of the journal from.'

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