Major LEITH HAY'S Narrative of' the Peninsular War is the
Journal of a Soldier, far more intent upon great military movemente than either insulated achievements or individual observation. In the post of Aid-de-camp to General LEITH—an officer who was employed to ascent:, in the political and military state of the country, and who afterwards commanded an active and very eerviceable division of the army in the Peninsula—he had an opportunity of seeing things on a considerable scale. His narrative will be of essential service to the historian; and, in the mean time, must be both instructive and entertaining to the military reader. The writer is a man of intelligence, and we respect his authority.
Major HAY possesses the soldier's accomplishment in a ready pencil: his slight sketches give a lively idea of Spanish and Portuguese scenery.
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