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A Narrative of Events in the South of France: And of the Attack on New Orleans in 1814 and 1815
By Captain Sir John Henry Cooke. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Captain Cooke's narrative starts with the his experiences in the South of France during the last days of the Peninsular War, and combines part travelogue with witty reminiscences of the jollity after peace was declared in 1814. The society and manners of a bruised and touchy French populace ever ready to quarrel and duel are contrasted with the happiness of the British and some of their collaborators. The second part of his book is much more of a military point of view and focuses on the attack on New Orleans in 1814. Of the many amphibious operations undertaken by the British army; few have been as unsuccessful as the abortive attempt to capture New Orleans during the war of 1812 with America. It was an abortive operation during an abortive war from a British point of view; from the American side righteous indignation was mingled with an attempted land-grab whilst the enemy was engaged elsewhere, ended with bloody noses all-round. However the British Army's new found reputation gained against Napoleon's legions was severely dented by their failure to take New Orleans; Captain Cooke recounts the fiasco in all its details. His wry yet sensitive style is at home either in the mayhem of engagement or the critique of the operations as a whole. A relatively unknown treasure. Title - A Narrative of Events in the South of France Sub-Title - And of the Attack on New Orleans in 1814 and 1815 Author -- Captain Sir John Henry Cooke (1791-1870) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1835, London, by T & W Boone. Original - iv and 319 pages.Narrative of the Campaigns of the 28th Regiment: Since Their Return From Egypt in 1802.
By Major Charles Cadell. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. The North Gloucestershire, or 28th Regiment of Foot, had a long and honourable list of successes during the Napoleonic Wars: they were engaged at Coruña, Talavera, Albuera, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, the Nive and the Nivelle, and were conspicuous during the Waterloo Campaign at both Quatre Bras and the era-defining battle. Captain Cadell (as he was at that time) served throughout the period, and his memoirs are filled with the hard engagements with the enemy. He commanded the company of grenadiers of the 1st battalion and was at the cutting edge of all the fighting. His writing style is lucid, filled with memorable anecdotes of the action, and often asides about the men under his command. An excellent memoir of a hard-fighting regimental officer. Title - Narrative of the Campaigns of the 28th Regiment Sub-Title - Since Their Return From Egypt in 1802. Author -- Major Charles Cadell (1786-1866) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1835, London, by Whittaker & Co. Original - 281 pages. Illustrations - The map cannot be reproduced with this volume as it is A3Letters of a Weardale Soldier, Lieutenant John Brumwell
By William Morley Egglestone, Lieutenant John Brumwell. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. There is something particularly affecting when reading the posthumously published letters of a soldier who has fallen in battle. The hope of a future rings out clear from John Brumwell's letters back to his family in the north of England whilst he toils in the Duke of Wellington's army in Spain and Portugal, only to be cut short in 1812, two years short of peace. Local historian William Eggleston unearthed these letters still held in the same locality that Lieutenant Brumwell's family lived and wove them into a short book which contains much of the fallen officers' family background and connecting narrative explaining the war during which the letters were written. A short but worthwhile read. Title - Letters of a Weardale Soldier, Lieutenant John Brumwell Author -- Lieutenant John Brumwell (????-1812) Editor -- William Morley Egglestone (1838-????) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1912, Stanhope Co. Durham, by the editor. Original - iii and 103 pages. Illustrations - 8 illustrations.This ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of…
reflowing text for an ebook reader. Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The first volume concentrated on his time with the East India Company; it is very valuable not only for its own narrative, but also for the rarity of any narrative that describes the initial campaigns of the then Colonel Wellesley in command of a sizeable force and in semi-independent command. At the time of his commission into the East India Company, a new administration in India led by Marquess Richard Wellesley (the future Duke's elder brother) was just installed and was to come into conflict with the armies of not only Tippoo Sultan, ruler of Mysore, but also with numerous bands of rebels. The full title of the book -- Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe or Memoirs of an Officer who served in the Armies of his Majesty and of the East India Company between the years 1802 and 1814, in which are contained the Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in India and his last in Spain and the South of France.-- Vol. I Author -- Captain John Blakiston (???? - ????) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in two volumes 1829, London, by H. Colbourn. Original - ii and 403 pages. Title - Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe Sub-Title - or Memoirs of an Officer who served in the Armies of his Majesty...Vol. I Series Name - Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe Series Number -- 1This ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of…
reflowing text for an ebook reader. Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The second volume concentrates on the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, after a raid into Dutch [at the time French] Java, and is considered, even amongst the memoirs of the period, to be a somewhat rare account from an engineer officer - and one that fought in the service of Portugal. Battles such as Vittoria, the Nive and the Nivelle are recounted with an admirable eye for detail. The full title of the book is -- Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe or Memoirs of an Officer who served in the Armies of his Majesty and of the East India Company between the years 1802 and 1814, in which are contained the Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in India and his last in Spain and the South of France.-- Vol. II Author -- Captain John Blakiston (???? - ????) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in two volumes 1829, London, by H. Colbourn. Original -198 pages. Title - Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe Sub-Title - or Memoirs of an Officer who served in the Armies of his Majesty...Vol. II Series Name - Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe Series Number -- 2The Life of John Jervis – Admiral Lord St Vincent
By Captain W. V. Anson R.N.. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Amongst the heroic figures of the Royal Navy of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; Admiral Nelson stands out from a number of great men. Without Lord St. Vincent, it is difficult to imagine how Horatio Nelson would have been afforded the latitude he needed for his victories. Before Nelson flew his pennant in the Victory, Sir John Jervis would lead that ship and his squadron, of which Nelson was a conspicuous part, to huge success at the battle of Cape St. Vincent that would earn Jervis his earldom. John Jervis ran away to join the Navy at the tender age of 13. After much time spent on board ships in the Caribbean, he worked his way up the ladder of promotion - from seaman to first lieutenant - before he was assigned to the expedition under General Wolfe to Canada, during which he impressed all with his conduct. At the outbreak of the wars with France, Sir John Jervis was a vice-admiral of long service and huge experience, his various postings around the fleet - along with his crowning achievement at the battle of St. Vincent - all captured in this biography. Although greatly outnumbered, his determination to bring the enemy to battle was the foundation of the aggressive self-confidence carried by the Royal Navy for many years to come. Stern disciplinarian when confronted by mutiny in the fleet, he nevertheless had a softer side which was indulged when he saw a deserving case of a man in dire straits. On his elevation to the post of First Lord of the Admiralty, his determination to improve the efficiency of the Navy and the lot of the common sailor gained him a great reputation among the Navy of the day. A first-rate biography. Author - Captain W. V. Anson R.N. (1855 - ????) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1913, London, by John Murray. Original - viii and 359 pages. Illustrations - 10 portraits and 4 battle plans. Title - The Life of John Jervis - Admiral Lord St VincentMémoires du général de Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence, grand écuyer de l’Empereur. Tome I (Mémoires du général de Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence, grand écuyer de l’Empereur. #1)
By Jean Hanoteau, Général de Division Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, Duc de Vincence. 2011
« Caulaincourt n'avait cessé sous l'Empire de prendre des notes chaque jour au bivouac ou dans le cabinet de Tuileries.…
Il se serait décidé à les mettre en forme entre 1822 et 1825. L'énorme documentation réunie quotiennement explique la valeur du témoignage du duc de Vicenze... le récit ne commence qu'à l'entrevue d'Erfurt. Il se poursuit avec la campagne de Russie et la retraite. C'est dans les chapitres VII-VIII et XI ( « En traîneau avec l'Empereur » ) souvent réédites que l'on dispose d'un document de premier ordre sur l'état d'esprit de Napoléon après le désastre de 1812. Quittant la Grande Armée, l'Empereur voyage en la seule compagnie de Caulaincourt de Smorgoni à Paris. Pendant ce long voyage, Napoléon se confie au Grand Ecuyer avec d'autant plus de franchise qu'il ignore que Caulaincourt prend des notes. « Puis Caulaincourt narre les péripéties de Congrès de Châtillon et y justifie son attitude. On notera d'importants développements sur l'entrée des Alliés à Paris, l'attitude de Napoléon, la défection de Marmont, l'abdication et la tentative de suicide de l'Empereur. Les mémoires s'arrêtent aux « Adieux de Fontainebleau » p 33 - Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Sur Des Mémoires Sur Le Consulat Et L'Empire, Droz, Genève, 1971Souvenirs d’un Officier de La Grande Armée,: publié par Maurice Barrès, son petit-fils.
By Maurice Barrès, Jean-Baptiste Barrès. 2011
« Souvenirs d'un Officier de La Grande Armée, publié par Maurice Barrés, son petit-fils. Paris Plon, 1923, in-16, 332 p...…
Maurice Barrés a bien mis en lumière dans sa préface ce qu'il y a de naïf et de savoureux dans ces souvenirs de son grand-père, vélite de la Garde. On Lira avec amusement le récit du sacre, celui d'Austerlitz et sa célèbre veillée, l'entrevue de Tilsit, la nomination au grade de sous-lieutenant, le Portugal en 1810, la campagne d'Allemagne... » p 11 - Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Des Mémoires Sur Le Consulat Et L'Empire, Droz, Genève, 1971Mémoires Militaires Du Général Baron Boulart Sur Les Guerres De La Republique Et La Empire.
By Général Baron Jean-François Boulart. 2011
« L'Italie en 1800, le sacre, le siège Dantzig, le bataille de Friedland, le guerre d'Espagne, La campagne de Allemagne…
en 1809, La Russie, la chute de l'Empire constituent les principaux épisodes de ces utiles mémoires, dans l'ensemble assez exacts. » p 23 - Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Sur Des Mémoires Sur Le Consulat Et L'Empire, Droz, Genève, 1971Carnet De Campagne Du Colonel Trefcon 1793-1815
By Colonel Toussaint-Jean Trefcon, André Levi. 2011
« Un bon témoignage sur Hohenlinden où Trefcon participa comme sergent, sur la Bretagne où il fut exilé pour son…
attachement à Moreau, sur les guerres d'Espagne et de Russie, sur Waterloo (nombreux détails) et sur la vie d'un demi-solde. » p 164 - Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Des Mémoires Sur Le Consulat Et L'Empire, Droz, Genève, 1971Rough Notes Of Seven Campaigns In Portugal, Spain, France and America, During the Years 1809-10-11-12-13-14-15
By John Spencer Cooper. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. A much sought-after volume of reminiscences from the British Army, taken by a sergeant in the 7th Regiment of Foot, or the Royal Fusiliers. Sergeant Cooper was an educated man and, inspired by the spectre of the Napoleonic invasion fleet sitting in the famous Boulogne camps, he volunteered to serve his country. He chose to transfer to a regular army regiment which would allow him to fight the French overseas, as the threat of invasion had been removed as Napoleon concentrated on further continental conquests. His account of the campaigns in which he fought, from Talavera until Toulouse (Talavera, Busaco, Albuera, Vittoria, Orthez, Toulouse, as well as the sieges of Badajoz and Cuidad Rodrigo and the abortive campaign to New Orleans), are tightly edited by the Author to omit details and accounts to which he was not an eye-witness. He wrote his notes at the time and, except for one volume going missing whilst he was in hospital, they offered a contemporaneous source of insight into the daily lives of the rank and file. His descriptions of the actions and battles he engaged in are intelligent, vivid and full of interesting details. An excellent memoir, warmly recommended. Text taken, whole and complete, from the 1914 second edition, published G. & T. Coward Ltd, Carlisle. Original -150 pages Author - John Spencer Cooper (1787-????) Illustration - Portrait of the Author Linked TOCNapoleon From The Tuileries to St. Helena: Personal Recollections Of The Emperor’s Second Mameluke and Valet
By Etienne Louis Saint-Denis, Prof. G Michaut, Frank Hunter Potter. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Following the abortive campaign in Egypt, Napoleon collected a number of men from the Mamelukes to serve in his household and a further number in his Imperial Guard. They held positions of great esteem and closeness to the Emperor's person, and as time went on the title of Mameluke denoted the position in the household, rather than the origin of the person. The man known as Ali the Mameluke was actually a Frenchman born at Versailles, son of a member of the Bourbon household staff. He was attached to the household of the Emperor on the recommendation of the Master of Horse, Armand de Caulaincourt. The memoirs that he left behind him are a close and balanced portrait of Napoleon during the last years of his reign, the Hundred Days, and finally his imprisonment on St. Helena. Ali's memoirs are free from the overly gossipy tone of those left by Constant and are more accurate and penetrating than those of Roustam. He studiously avoids entering into the details that he did not personally view. Although he is a staunch Bonapartist, overall, there is not too much bias. He freely shows the stresses and strains of Napoleon carrying out his plans in grandeur, and then in ignominious surroundings at Longwood. All of the luminaries of the last days of the Empire pass before Ali's eyes and therefore his pen, and he is not always flattering about them. An important memoir of an intimate member of Napoleon's household. Author - Etienne Louis Saint-Denis (known as Ali) (1788-1856) Foreword - Professor G Michaut of the Sorbonne (????-????) Translator - Frank Hunter Potter (1851-1932) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1922, New York, by Harper & brothers Original - 360 pages. Illustrations- 7 Illustrations, and three maps, all included Linked TOCMemoirs of the War in Spain
By Anon, Albert Jean Michel de Rocca. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Napoleon's eagles had triumphed over every adversary faced until his fateful decision to depose the Bourbons from the throne of Spain. He started a war that was to prove fatal to his ambitions, a war with the religious people who knew only the war of the knife. The Spaniards were unsuccessful in prosecuting a war on regular military lines, being crushed in a number of pitched battles against the French forces, but they started a campaign of guerilla warfare that was to make the French gains limited to the ground they stood on. Messengers would be attacked, stragglers murdered, provisions delayed, convoys waylaid. This form of warfare seemed alien to the French and, with the exception of Marshal Suchet in Catalonia, they could find no proper way of subduing the Spanish people. Michel de Rocca was a young hussar officer in 1808 and arriving early in the Peninsular War. He writes of the constant draining warfare: the need to be constantly on guard, the suspicious actions of the villagers, and the ambushes. Rocca appears to hold a grudge against the attitude of the Spanish, believing the war there to be rather inglorious and unjust; this was not the general feeling in the ranks of the French army, and was probably due to his Swiss ancestry and his association and later marriage to Madame de Staël (a staunch opponent of Napoleon). However, the brutal reprisals of the insurgents and the constant alertness wear him down as time goes on, and he is not unhappy to be removed from the war due to injuries sustained in an ambush. Text taken, whole and complete, Constable's Miscellany, Vol. XXVIII, Memorials of the Late War Vol. II. published Constable & Co, Edinburgh 1831. Original -193 pages Author - Albert Jean Michel de Rocca (1788-1818) Translator - Anon (????-????) Illustration - 1 Linked TOCJournal Of A Soldier Of The 71st Regiment From 1806 to 1815
By Pickle Publishing, Anon Thomas. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. This work is the journal of an anonymous soldier from Edinburgh, known only as Thomas, having enlisted as a short term soldier for seven years in 1806. He was not motivated by any thought of gaining glory in the wars against France; his motive for enlisting was his lost honour and the shame of having wronged his parents following a failed attempt at a stage career. He was an educated man and wrote very well, but, haunted by the dishonour of his actions, he took the King's shilling from the first recruiting sergeant that was passing. Unknown to him this regiment was the 71st, later Highland Light Infantry, a regiment of great renown and élan that had and would be in the forefront of the fighting. Thomas saw his redemption in a journey through the purgatory of service as a private soldier in the British army. His travails would be hard and the privations many but bound by his word he sticks to his resolution. He was to campaign far and wide: from the expedition to Buenos Ayres, during which he was captured, to the despicable conditions of the retreat to Coruña, fever-ridden Walcheren, battles and skirmishes in the Peninsula including Roleia, Vimiero, Fuentes D'Oñoro, Vittoria, Bayonne and the Nivelle, and finally the battle of Waterloo. His discharge followed soon after and, despite being back in his homeland of Scotland, the penury of an ex-serviceman was his only reward. A vivid and uncompromising tale of hard fighting, privation and the realities of war. Text taken, whole and complete, Constable's Miscellany, Vol. XXVII, Memorials of the Late War Vol. I. published Constable & Co, Edinburgh 1828. Original -119 pages Author - Anon- (1790-????) There are no chapters, hence no TOCThis ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of…
reflowing text for an ebook reader. Captain Peter Hawker was a young officer, full of enthusiasm, cultured and with a eye of an artist in his when he started out his service in the Peninsula with the 14th Light Dragoons. Although memoirs of the Peninsula abound, most were written some years after the events described in them, his short reminiscence was written immediately after his return in 1810 and retains the freshness of his memory aided by notes of his journal that he entered at the time. Hawker entered into the fray in late 1808 and joined the Peninsular army just before Wellington took over command, the first part of his journal focuses on the sights and scenery in and around Lisbon as he takes the role of a tourist. He describes the beautiful yet un-healthy city, its churches and the destruction left by the occupying French before he moves with the army northward. He is none too pleased with the towns and villages that he enters filled as they are with vermin, fleas and lice. He and his squadron take part in the forcing passage of the Douro and engage in a successful but reckless charge against an entire brigade. Having ejected Soult and his French divisions in some disarray from Portugal, Hawker and his comrades pass into Spain, he masterfully describes the magnificent scenery, and although the villages are less mean and better kept the civilians are only happy whilst the British army advances. He gives a good account of the battle of Talavera in which he took a full part and was seriously wounded, and is not backward in apportioning blame to some of the Spanish soldiers who ran away without being seriously attacked. After the battle due to some serious miscommunication between Wellington and Cuesta, Hawker is left behind with the wounded and is forced to make his epic journey back to British lines with only his wits and his servant with him, his hip broken and a bullet lodged in his back. Text taken, whole and complete, from the 1810 edition, published by R Johnston, London. Original -137 pages Maps - 1 - Not Included due to its size - A3 Author - Peter Hawker - (1786-1853)Sketch Of The Battle of Waterloo
By Anon, General Freiherr Baron Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Von Müffling. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Baron von Müffling was a prominent figure during the campaign of 1815, as a former Quarter-Master General of the Prussian army of Silesia in 1813-1814, he was appointed to be the Prussian Liaison officer with the Anglo-Dutch army under the Duke of Wellington. Privy to all the details current at the allied headquarters, and present on the field of battle Müffling was well placed to write an account of the campaign which was originally in his native German, although short is of enduring interest. It is set with vivid details and unlike staff-officers of later years his place on the battlefield at the Duke's side was one of grave danger as the Anglo-Dutch army struggled to hold on to the ridge at Waterloo. His own action at the battle was indeed decisive, in two incidents, the first in directing the Prussian reinforcements to the right of the hard-pressed allied line, and secondly in bringing up two British cavalry brigades to take part in the final assault on the French lines. He was appointed the Governor of Paris, a particularly tricky job given the recent struggles and the large numbers of armed men roaming the city, which he dispatched with aplomb. Müffling would go on to many important postings in the Prussian army, and even as an international mediator. Author - General Baron Friedrich Karl Ferdinand von Müffling - (1775-1851) Translator - Anon Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1850, Brussels, by Gérard Original - 102 pages.A Voice From Waterloo – A History Of The Battle Fought On The 18th June 1815
By Sergeant-Major Edward Cotton. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Sergeant-Major Cotton retired from the British army after long and hard service that saw him fight in numerous engagements and battles, none more memorable than his last, that of Waterloo. During the battle he was orderly to Maj-General Sir Hussey Vivian commanding 6th British cavalry brigade. Thankfully a new, less dangerous, and more lucrative trade opened up to him, that of battlefield guide. This trade still lives on in and around the battlefield, after many years Cotton knew the history of the campaign in minute detail, not however missing updating his knowledge with the books published from time to time such as Beamish's History of the King's German Legion and Siborne's History. Having fought on and spent so much time in and around the battlefield steeped in the history of the epoch defining battle, Cotton stood uniquely placed to add to the blossoming Waterloo book trade and add his own incomparable story. His book is well researched, interesting and is the source for a great many of the anecdotes that have been lifted for other books on the subject. An excellent addition to the eye-witness accounts, flavoured with a lifetimes knowledge of the battlefield and the original source documents which he uses especially as indexes. Author - Sergeant-Major Edward Cotton, formerly of the 7th Hussars (1792?-1849) Text taken, whole and complete, from the third edition published in 1854, London, B. L. Green and Principal Booksellers in Belgium Original - 276 pages. Portraits and Illustrations - 11 included MAPS - due to their size have not been included [1 A3] Linked TOC - in keeping with the format of the times that the book was published the table of contents includes the summary notes of each chapter.Narrative of a Captivity in France and Flanders Between the Years 1803 and 1809
By Pickle Partners Publishing, Captain Edward Boys, R.N.. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Written at the promptings of friends and family, the story of Midshipman Boys captivity and escape from Napoleonic France stands as an adventure yarn par excellence, it is however the true story of his trials after capture by the French in 1803. As a young sailor in the Royal Navy, Boys was posted to the Mediterranean as part of the ships crew of the Phoebe, a 38-gun frigate. Cruising off the French naval base of Toulon as part of the blockade carried out by the British to squeeze the sea-borne trade of the French Republic, the Phoebe captured two small prize vessels, of which Boys was appointed prize master. This was the be a fateful turning point for him. Chased by French frigates that the prize vessel could not outsail, Boys was captured and entered the prisoner of war system in Napoleon's France. From Toulon he went on the long journey northward to Verdun, the main prisoner of war depot then in use, his many adventures, including exorbitant extortions and attempts to escape are told with some modesty and a keen eye to the details. After a number of foiled attempts, he manages to escape and sets out on a journey to find a way back to England make for a fascinating and entertaining read. Author - Captain Edward Boys, R.N. (1785-1866) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1827, London, by Richard Long. Original - 228 pages. Illustrations included - apart from plan of Verdun which is an A3 plan. Linked TOCPassages From My Life; Together With Memoirs Of The Campaign of 1813 And 1814
By Pickle Partners Publishing, Colonel Philip Yorke, General Freiherr Baron Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Von Müffling. 2011
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reflowing text for an ebook reader. Baron von Müffling was an eye-witness to some of the most decisive events of the Napoleonic Wars, born into a noble family he went into the Prussian service, and saw action in the early campaigns of the Revolutionary wars in Holland and Belgium, during which he said he learned very little. He was party to the birth of the famed Prussian General staff and comments of the different personalities such as Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and to a lesser extent Massenbach. On a less happy note he was also a member of the Prussian army that was destroyed by Napoleon in 1806, and notes with some regret of the bumbling planning, ancient commanders and ineffective tactics used. After spending some time kicking his heels away from Prussia, where he might be a liability due to his anti-French views, the collapse of the Grande Armée in 1812 offers a chance for further service and liberation of his country. Attached to the army of Silesia and Blücher for the campaigns of 1813 and 1814, during which he and his countrymen fight their way across Europe into the heart of France. He comments on the battles of Lützen, Bautzen, and the battle of Nations at Leipzig, the strained relationships within the allied headquarters and the deeds of hard fighting and long marches that the Russian and Prussian soldiers make under Blücher. His comments on the 1814 campaign in France are particularly interesting as he was at the heart of the action, and at the side of the conductors of the campaign from the Allied side. He is quick to take issue with erroneous statements made at the time, and by later commentators as to the decisions made and the actions taken. Müffling was allowed little respite after the peace of 1814, plunging back into the fray in 1815 as the Prussian liaison officer at the Duke of Wellington's headquarters. Vivid details and important facts are recounted with extreme modesty, and unlike staff-officers of later years his place on the battlefield at the Duke's side was one of grave danger as the Anglo-Dutch army struggled to hold on to the ridge at Waterloo. His own action was indeed decisive, in two incidents, the first in directing the Prussian reinforcements to the right of the hard-pressed allied line, and secondly in bringing up two British cavalry brigades to take part in the final assault on the French lines. He was appointed the Governor of Paris, a particularly tricky job given the recent struggles and the large numbers of armed men roaming the city, which he dispatched with aplomb. Müffling would go on to many important postings in the Prussian army, and even as an international mediator. An excellent read, full of details of how the Napoleonic Wars was fought and the personalities that bought down the Napoleonic colossus. Author - General Baron Friedrich Karl Ferdinand von Müffling - (1775-1851) Editor - Colonel Philip Yorke (1799-1874) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1853, London, by Richard Bentley Original - 520 pages. Linked TOCThis ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of…
reflowing text for an ebook reader. The memoir of another of the hardy and eloquent Irish soldiers that fought in the British army during the Peninsular Wars. Hamilton's memoirs were not intended for a large publication and do not contain the details of camp and campaign life that you might find in such works by Costello, Tomkinson or Kincaid. They are, however, a collection of first rate eye-witness accounts of the battles that Hamilton and his comrades of the 43rd regiment of Foot took part in, or was in a position to offer a close second-hand account of. The list of battles covered encompasses almost all of the major engagements that the British army took part in the Peninsular and 1815 campaign; Rolica, Vimiero, Coruña, Talavera, Busaco, Albuera, Fuentes d'Oñoro, the sieges of Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria and finally Waterloo. A pithy eye-witness account. Author - Anthony Hamilton - (1779 - 1844) Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1847, New York, by Prescott and Wilson Original - 163 pages. TOC included