With wellington's Hussars in the peninsula and at Waterloo

George Woodberry was commissioned into the 18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) as a cornet on 16 Jan 1812, and joined Wellington's army as a lieutenant, seeing action in the key battles of 1813 and 14 - Moralles, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Croix d'Orade and the final battle of the war at Toulouse.

He was wounded at Mendionde in a clash with French cavalry as Wellington advanced into France.

He also served in the 1815 campaign, being at Waterloo and the march to Paris.

What is most remarkable is that Woodberry found time to record events at length in his journal almost every single day.

This enables the reader to trace accurately the movements of the 18th Hussars and Wellington's army in general with precision.