The Young Buglers Illustrated

The Young Buglers traces the fortunes of two brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore, who join the British army in Portugal and serve with distinction during the hard-fought battles of the Peninsula War. There is a much-repeated euphemism; some discrimination against Sam, their black soldier servant; drinking and smoking; and several instances when Sam plays being the Devil to frighten Spaniards, during one of which he is undressed.