The Young Buglers is a fascinating (and often hilarious) adventure written by George Alfred Henty. The novel tells the story of two young English boys, Tom and Peter Scudamore, who are buglers for an English regiment in Portugal and serve with distinction during the hard-fought battles of the Peninsular War, a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and Bourbon Spain (assisted by the United Kingdom and its ally, Portugal) for control of the Iberian Peninsula.George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent and Imperialist. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers (1880), With Clive in India (1884) and Wulf the Saxon (1895).