A Most Brilliant Little Affair
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A Most Brilliant Little Affair
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Author : Rob G. Gladding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
A Most Brilliant Little Affair written by Rob G. Gladding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with France categories.
A Most Brilliant Little Affair
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Author : R G Gladding
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Release Date : 2019-03-28
A Most Brilliant Little Affair written by R G Gladding and has been published by Austin Macauley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-28 with France categories.
Following the absorption of Holland into the French Empire, Napoleon intended to use the island of Java as a base of operations from where he could attack British interests in India and the Far East. What followed was an incredible campaign by the British to destroy French power in the region and a series of actions that bore no resemblance to the type of warfare that was taking place in Europe. It was a combination of jungle warfare, anti-insurgency operations and river war against pirates of 'Boy's Own' adventures and actions that would make Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe envious.
A Brig Of War
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Author : Richard Woodman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-04-01
A Brig Of War written by Richard Woodman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-01 with Fiction categories.
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson’s apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater’s old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India. The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate is combined with British naval operations on the flank of Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign. It is during the attack on Kosseir that Drinkwater is left for dead. His escape and the subsequent desperate attack on Santhonax leads to a still more dangerous situation under Augustus Morris, former tyrant of the midshipmen’s berth on HMS Cyclops. Drinkwater’s fight to bring a half-armed ship safely to the cape of Good Hope is beset with personal enmity, the activity of the French, and the violence of the sea.
The Rising Gale Nathaniel Drinkwater Omnibus 1
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Author : Richard Woodman
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-12-27
The Rising Gale Nathaniel Drinkwater Omnibus 1 written by Richard Woodman and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-27 with Fiction categories.
AN EYE OF THE FLEET Nathaniel Drinkwater is engaged in dramatic action off the coast of Spain in Admiral Rodney's famous Moonlight Battle and the capture of the Santa Teresa. But his adventures also bring rebellion on board and a perilous expedition into the Carolina swamps. A KING'S CUTTER Clandestine operations off the coast of France aboard the twelve-gun cutter Kestrel involves Drinkwater in the French Revolution, rescuing refugees from Madame Guillotine and helping British agents infiltrate France. A BRIG OF WAR At the request of Nelson himself, Drinkwater is despatched to the Red Sea on an urgent mission, and he soon finds himself on a thrilling naval operation on the flank of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign.
History And Campaigns Of The Rifle Brigade Vol Ii 1800 1809
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Author : Colonel Willoughby Verner
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
History And Campaigns Of The Rifle Brigade Vol Ii 1800 1809 written by Colonel Willoughby Verner and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
History of Rifle Brigade from 1809 to 1813 - mainly Peninsular War in which the regiment was involved from start to finish. On 10th May 1809 the strength of the 1st Battalion was 1,536 and the 2nd 1,579 and so a 3rd Battalion was formed. The unfortunate 2nd Battalion was involved in the Walcheren expedition August to December 1809 and when our troops evacuated the place battle deaths had amounted to 111, deaths from disease numbered over 4,000. But the main subject in this volume is the Peninsular War in which the regiment played a very active part from beginning to end. All three battalions were involved and seventeen Battle Honours were awarded, the highest number for any regiment in that campaign. The descriptions of operations are in detail, supported by superb maps. Throughout his account the author draws upon contemporary sources, official correspondence, despatches, reports, letters, diaries, reminiscences and on the work of such historians as Fortescue and Oman. —Print Ed.
A History Of The British Army Vol Vii 1809 1810
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Author : Hon. Sir John William Fortescue
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-13
A History Of The British Army Vol Vii 1809 1810 written by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with History categories.
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so and with aplomb, leading to a readable and comprehensive study. According to Professor of Military History Brian Bond, the work was “the product of indefatigable research in original documents, a determination to present a clear, accurate, and readable narrative of military operations, and a close personal knowledge of the battlefields, which enabled him to elucidate his account with excellent maps. Most important, however, was his motivation: namely, a lifelong affection for the old, long-service, pre-Cardwell army, the spirit of the regiments of which it largely consisted, and the value of its traditions to the nation. An important part of his task was to distil and inculcate these soldierly virtues which, in his conservative view, contrasted sharply with the unedifying character of politicians who habitually meddled in military matters.” ODNB. This seventh volume covers the period from 1809-1810, after a disastrous raid into French held Holland, the British government decided to use all their power to the strike at Napoleon at his weakest point, Portugal and Spain. After the British foray into Spain in 1809 culminating the bloody victory at Talavera, the British troops retreated into Portugal before the overwhelming French numbers. Inflicting a punishing check to the French invasion force under Masséna at Bussaco, the British army marched to the massive and impenetrable lines of Torres Vedras close to Lisbon. BROAD ARROW.—"This is a worthy successor to the volumes which have preceded it, and the whole forms a great work by a great, an impartial, and a bold writer,"
Allen S Indian Mail And Register Of Intelligence For British And Foreign India
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860
Allen S Indian Mail And Register Of Intelligence For British And Foreign India written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1860 with categories.
Forty One Years In India
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Author : Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Release Date : 2005
Forty One Years In India written by Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts and has been published by Asian Educational Services this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
An Eye Itness Account Of The Indian Mutiny
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language : en
Publisher: Mittal Publications
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One Leg
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Author : The Marquess of Anglesey
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1990-12-31
One Leg written by The Marquess of Anglesey and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-12-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Letters and unpublished material contribute to this dramatic, humorous, and romantic biography of the heroic nobleman written by his descendant. Henry William Paget, first Marquess of Anglesey, was born more than twenty years before the French Revolution. Like his famous contemporary the Duke of Wellington, he became a legend during his lifetime. As a youth he was in one scrape after another; in his forties he figured in a celebrated elopement and duel which caused much scandal; but he is best known for his greatness as a cavalry leader. His brilliant timing of the charge of his “heavies” at Waterloo averted disaster in the first crisis of that battle. Having lost a leg by one of the last shots fired on that sanguinary day, he was later known as One-Leg Paget. Anglesey was twice lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He was still in high office two years before his death at the age of sixty-five. Among the famous figures prominent in this absorbing story are the Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Sir John Moore, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O’Connell and, of course, the “Iron Duke,” with whom Anglesey was often at odds but of whom in old age he became a very close friend.