I won't go into masses of detail in this post, as those who have been listening to my podcast will know the headlines already, but this is an almost completely neglected topic. The last dedicated piece of work on this relating to the Peninsular War was a paper by Charles Oman, back in 1912. I am drawing on a database of almost 9,500 cases to analyse the theory and practice of how military justice operated during the period.
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Bob, thank you so much for that link, it's an amazing story and although I've never seen it before, it bears an astonishing resemblance to part of the story I'm writing, which is set during winter quarters 1812-13. I'd say you couldn't make it up, except that I thought I was. It's a great help, and due credit will be given, so thank you.