"The Diary of a napoleonic foot soldier" is a autobiography/biography piece of literature of a soldier who went to war during Napoleon's rule. Jakob Walter is or was the author of this book, and Walter explains to us what he did during several war campaigns. Even though Walter was only nineteen, he was enlisted to the army by conscription and assigned to the regiment of Romig, later to be called the Franquemont Regiment. His …
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…diary in one reading. Walter explains how life as a napoleonic soldier was, and the hardships they had. Walter shows how hungry he was and how any food is good food. I could never eat hog's face raw or coagulated horse blood, but that's just me, and walking for thousands of miles in extreme hot and severe cold temperatures. This book is superb and I'll probably buy this book and add it to the shelf