Cannon roared, men screamed in death, pain and defiance as the opening shots of battle broke the relative silence among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, on Tuesday 22nd July 1812.
Set in 1812 at the battle of Salamanca Spain the greatest battle of the century was to begin, and was to prove one of the bloodiest battles during the whole peninsular wars.
The battle of Salamanca took place Between Lord Wellington forces, and those of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Although the Battle is a part of history my characters in this book are totally fictional.
"Chase the Devil," depicts a fight between the forces of Captain Robert Lockhart of the 5th of Foot the Northumberland Regiment, and a French Major named Duval.
Duval is a butcher of men and is noted for his absolute evil, and a man who takes no prisoners and is Duval is nicknamed by his own men as the "Devil."
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