THE
MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.
VOL. I.
IN THE PRESS.
THE LANCERS.
IN THREE VOLUMES
LONDON:
PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY, DORSET STREET.
THE
MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.
REMINISCENCES OF

SEVENTEEN YEARS IN THE SERVICE

ABROAD AND AT HOME.
BY AN OFFICER OF THE LINE.
“The wight can tell
        A melancholy and a merry tale
        Of field, and fight, and chief, and lady gay.”     
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1827.
In presenting these Sketches to the public, theAuthor begs leave to say, that although in theirproduction he sometimes indulged his imagination,fancy has only been employed to decorate truth.Facts form the ground-work of his book; andalthough the ornaments may have been carelesslyor tastelessly placed, real incidents have neitherbeen obscured nor distorted.
To the gentleman who supplied the Authorwith the necessary hints for the sketch entitled“Mess Table Chat, (No. IV.)” and also to the gallantofficer whose memory and kindness furnishedhim with the facts relative to the Bush-rangers ofVan Diemen's Land, the Author returns his mostsincere thanks.

CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.