Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 Quotes

“I remember how desirous I was to impress the minds of the natives with a suitable notion of the magnitude of my importance, by carrying a donkey-load of pistols in my belt, and screwing my naturally placid countenance up to a pitch of ferocity beyond what it was calculated to bear.”
― Captain John Kincaid, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: In the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815

“We landed on the island of South Beeveland, where we remained about three weeks, playing at soldiers, smoking mynheer's long clay pipes, and drinking his vrow's butter-milk, for which I paid liberally with my precious blood to their infernal musquittos ; not to mention that I had all the extra valour shaken out of me by a horrible ague, which commenced a campaign on my carcass and compelled me to retire upon Scotland, for the aid of my native air, by virtue of which it was ultimately routed.”
― John Kincaid, Adventures In The Rifle Brigade: In The Peninsula, France And The Netherlands From 1809 To 1815