Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands from 1809-1815 (The Spellmount library of military history) - Softcover

Kincaid, Sir John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862270201 ISBN 13: 9781862270206

Publisher: Howell Press, 2008

Synopsis

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1830 Original Publisher: T. and W. Boone Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. V. Campaign of 1811 opens. Massena's Retreat. Wretched Condition of the Inhabitants on the Line of March. Affairs with the Enemy, near Pombal. Description of a Bivouac. Action near Redinha. Destruction of Con- dacia and Action near it. Earning of the Village of Illama, and Misery of its Inhabitants. Action at Foz D'Aronce. Confidential Servants with Donkey-Assistants. The campaign of 1811 commenced on the 6th of March, by the retreat of the enemy from Santarem. Lord Wellington seemed to be perfectly acquainted with their intentions, for he sent to apprize our piquets, the evening before, that they were going off, and to desire that they should feel for them occasionally during the night, and give the earliest information of theirhaving started. It was not, however, until daylight that we were quite certain of their having gone, and our division was instantly put in motion after them, passing through the town of Santarem, around which their camp fires were still burning. Santarem is finely situated, and probably had been a handsome town. I had never seen it in prosperity, and it now looked like a city of the plague, represented by empty dogs and empty houses; and, but for the tolling of a convent-bell by some unseen hand, its appearance was altogether inhuman. We halted for the night near Pyrnes. This little town, and the few wretched inhabitants who had been induced to remain in it under the faithless promises of the French generals, shewed fearful signs of a late visit from a barbarous and merciless foe. Young women were lying in their houses brutally vio...

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John C. Kincaid, MD Kenneth L. and Selma G. Earnest Professor of Neurology, Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Synopsis

Kincaid, who served in the 95th Rifles and w ho fought in most of the major battles between 1809 and 1815 , presents a highly personal account which contains fact and graphic descriptions. This is the most famous of all Penins ular and Waterloo memoirs. '

Edition details

• Publisher: Howell Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862270201
• ISBN 13: 9781862270206
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384