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1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Foreword by Donald E. Graves; Introduction; Chapter One Early Life and Joining the Army; Chapter Two The Copenhagen Expedition; Chapter Three North America and Martinique; Chapter Four Deployment to the Peninsula; Chapter Five Battle of Albuera; Chapter Six Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz; Chapter Seven Salamanca and the Offensive of 1813; Chapter Eight Vitoria, the Pyrenees and Sorauren; Chapter Nine Battles on the Road to Toulouse; Chapter Ten Peace and Waterloo; Chapter Eleven Final Combats and Peacetime in France. |
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Chapter Twelve Leaving the Army and Civilian LifeChronology 1st Battalion, 23rd Foot, 1807-1823; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures. His writings provide an evocative portrait of an ordinary soldier's perception of living with one of the most experienced Napoleonic infantry battalions. He was discharged in 1823 for ill health, but lived a full life, dying in 1878 as an old man. Jonathan Crook has meticulously researched his ancestor's life, finding unpublished first-hand accounts from Bentinck of desperate conflict across the globe, from Copenhagen to Martinique, throughout. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bentinck, Richard, 1789-1874.
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Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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Bentinck, Richard, 1789-1874 |
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Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers |
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Personal narratives, British.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Drummers (Musicians) -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Drummers (Musicians) |
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Military campaigns |
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Soldiers |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9BhDmCy7g3tvdH9hb |
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1800-1815 |
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Erlebnisbericht.
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collective biographies.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Personal narratives -- British
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Crook, Jonathan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bentinck, Richard, 1789-1874. Very Thing. London : Frontline Books, 2011 9781848325982 (DLC) 2011500964 (OCoLC)663446194 |
| ISBN |
9781473800410 (electronic bk.) |
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1473800412 (electronic bk.) |
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9781848325982 |
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1848325983 |
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