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The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton

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Author : G. C. Moore Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton written by G. C. Moore Smith 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.

“The military career of the Duke of Wellingtons champion There have been few British soldiers during the Napoleonic era of comparatively junior rank who achieved fame in their own time rather than as a result of their subsequent careers. Many of the names we know today owe that to their authorship rather than their deeds. The subject of this book is different. John Colborne was a great soldier. He possessed the talents of his master—the Duke of Wellington—and but for his humble background could have become one of our foremost military men. Every superior he served under became an admirer and his advancement through a time of almost perpetual warfare—based upon an appreciation of his ability—was rapid. From Moore to Wellington, Colborne was more than a reliable and trusted lieutenant—he could unilaterally combine daring, vigour, aggression and sound judgement making him an invaluable asset. Students of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars will all be very familiar with his name and many would have wished for an account of his military career. This riveting book, compiled from his correspondence and other writings and combined with many anecdotes by those who knew him well, is enhanced by an informed commentary by G. C Moore Smith. We join Colborne in battle on the bloody sands of Egypt, during the gruelling Peninsular War and finally on the apocalyptic fields of Waterloo where his inspired flank attack on the advance of the Imperial Guard delivered the final coup de grace of that momentous day. These are the exploits of John Colborne—the consummate warrior of whom Napier would say here was a man with ‘a singular talent for war’.”-Print ed.

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton G C B G C H G C M G K T S K St G K M T C

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Author : George Charles Moore Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton G C B G C H G C M G K T S K St G K M T C written by George Charles Moore Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Marshals categories.

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton G C B G C H G C M G K T S K St G K M T And C

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Author : George Charles Moore Smith
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton G C B G C H G C M G K T S K St G K M T And C written by George Charles Moore Smith and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...had learnt hitherto, his quickness of eye, his rapidity of judgment, his instant resource, his daring acceptance of responsibility, now contributed their part to defeat Napoleon's last mighty effort, and wrest, for England and her allies, the hard-fought victory. We may leave for a moment any discussion of the part played in the last scene of Waterloo by other troops. If all that they claim be conceded to them, Colborne's glory is hardly the less. We will therefore give an account of the part played by Colborne in the battle, based on accounts furnished by himself, and by Captain W. C. Yonge, of the 52nd, t and by Mr. Leeke, of the 52nd, J who were both connected with him by marriage. The 52nd moved from its original position near Merbe Braine soon after 3 o'clock, or four hours after the action commenced, and advanced with the other regiments of the brigade to the right centre of the front line. Here the brigade formed squares, taking the place of the Brunswick Light Infantry Battalions, which, in close columns, repeatedly charged by cavalry and pierced through by showers of cannon shot, had suffered severely. At the moment of the arrival of the brigade nothing could be more disastrous than the appearance of this part of the position, the ground so thickly strewed with these poor mangled Bruns-wickers and the long line of British guns, as far as the eye could reach, every one of them silenced, overpowered by the number and greater weight of metal of the French artillery, the gun carriages, many of them, cut to pieces by the shot, and the gunners either killed or driven to seek the shelter of the squares from the cavalry, who careered among them unmolested. Between the great attacks the See Appendix II.-j-Memoir of Lord Seaton's Services,

The Life Of John Colborne Field Marshal Lord Seaton

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Author : G. C. M. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902

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