Captain Boothby’s design of publishing his journals was never carried out in his lifetime, and now, six-and-seventy years after he wrote the above introduction, they are brought out for the first time in book form. Incorporated with them are his letters to the various members of his family, which, having been written without any thought of reproduction, are perhaps even more vivid and natural than the journal itself. These carry on the narrative, and bridge over what might otherwise have been gaps in its continuity. CONTENTS PAGE Expedition to Italy and Sicily under General Sir James Craig 9 General Sir James Craig’s Farewell 50 General Sir John Stuart in command 51 The Battle of Maida 69 The Siege of Scylla 85 General Sir John Moore arrives at Messina 98 Captain Boothby returns to England 112 Expedition to Sweden under General Sir John Moore 114 Departure of General Sir John Moore for England 120 Captain Boothby ordered to survey Isle of Sproe 123 Captain Boothby ordered to England to rejoin General Sir John Moore 129 Expedition to Spain and Portugal under General Sir John Moore 130 Captain Boothby ordered to Elvas 144 Captain Boothby ordered to make Reconnaissance on Frontier 161 Captain Boothby ordered to make Reconnaissance towards Orense 202 The Battle of Corunna 211 Captain Boothby returns Home 228 Expedition to Portugal and Spain 232 Captain Boothby in General Sherbrooke’s Division, and attached to the Brigades of Guards and Infantry under General Harry Campbell and General A. Campbell 248 APPENDIX Two Letters from Captain Boothby on the Battle of Maida, 1806 266 Two Letters from Captain Boothby during the Expedition to Sweden in 1808 273 Buonaparte’s Plan of Action against Sir John Moore and his Opinion of that General 275 Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State 276