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The Details of the Rocket System Employed by the British Army During the Napoleonic Wars AUTH-206645 and senior scholar at theCongreve's own work on the effectiveness and operation of his rockets In 1814 British Guards officer Rees Gronow took part in the Peninsula War action known as 'The Passage of the River Adour'. He wrote of his experiences during that battle in his reminiscences; 'Three or four regiments of French infantry were approaching rapidly when a well directed fire of rockets fell amongst them. The consternation of the Frenchmen was such when these hissing,