'In tasting the joys of a Bivouac you discover that in many parts of the Service the elegance of the costume are not much atteinted (sic) to', Peninsular War, 1810 (c)

Coloured aquatint by and after Henry Alken, No 2 in the series 'Military Discoveries or the Miseries of Campaigning, in a series of 7 plates, being Hints to Young Officers by Ben Tally-Ho', published by S and J Fuller, 1819.

Hussars, swathed in blankets, sitting and sleeping next to a smoking camp fire during the Peninsular War (1808-1814).