During Napoleonic times there was great concern thatthe French could invade England through Cornwall'sundefended coasts, rivers and harbours.Due to this apprehension many areas assembledvolunteer artillery companies to guard and protect theirimmediate environment.One of these was the East and West Looe VolunteerArtillery which existed between 1803 and 1809. In allthat time, the company which numbered up to 70members, did not lose a single member and becameknown as the Looe Die-Hards.This volume contains Q's comic tale about the Mayor of Troy who learns that he is not quite as essential as he believed.N.P. Cooper grew up on the Lizard peninsula and isthe author of Loveday, High Church and Methodism, The Overlooked Literary History of the Lizard andThe Clifton College Class of 1881.