Peninsular Sketches is a collection of vivid and authentic sketches of the battlefields, camps and daily life of the British army during the Peninsular War (1807-1814), fought in Spain and Portugal. Written by different authors who witnessed or participated in the conflict, the sketches offer a personal and varied perspective on one of the most significant wars of the Napoleonic era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.