"There and then, after selecting 50 of the weakest to remain behind, he [Craufurd] marched off with his three regiments--the 43rd, 52nd, and 95th Light Infantry--covering 62 English miles in 26 hours, every man carrying 60 pounds on his shoulders.
"Although it was the hottest season of the year, only 17 stragglers dropped behind--a glorious record of British endurance and eagerness for the fray, the division taking over the outpost duty immediately on its arrival"
--on the Peninsula Campaign from campaigning with the Duke of Wellington and Featherstone, published in 1993.
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