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Fernyhough Robert |
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Military Memoirs Of Four Brothers (Natives of Staffordshire), : Engaged In The Service of Their Country, As Well In The New World And Africa, As On The Continent Of Europe |
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San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PublishingPickle Partners |
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Personal narratives |
Military history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Title page -- CHAPTER I. -- Sketch of the Author's Life. -- CHAPTER II. -- Containing the Journals of Lieutenant John F--. -- CHAPTER III. -- Journal continued.-His services in the Mediterranean. -- CHAPTER IV. -- Journal continued.-Of service in the Mediterranean, from January 20, to December 31, 1804. -- CHAPTER V. -- Journal continued, from January, to October 26th, 1805, four days after the battle of Trafalgar, when Lieutenant John F-, lost his life off St. Lucar. -- CHAPTER VI. -- Commencing the services of Lieutenant Robert F-. -- CHAPTER VII. -- Capture of the Cape of Good Hope. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- Conquest of Buenos Ayres, and reconquest by the Spaniards. -- CHAPTER IX. -- Expedition to the Scheldt.-Services in the Mediterranean, on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, until his return to England with prisoners, after the battle of Busaco. -- CHAPTER X. -- From his illness in Haslar Hospital, and appointment to the ninety-fifth, to his embarkation for the Peninsula, in June, 1812. -- CHAPTER XI. -- Embarkation for the Peninsula, until his arrival in England, in May 1813, after the retreat of the army from Burgos. -- CHAPTER XII. -- From Lieutenant Robert F--'s arrival in England.-His embarkation for Spain in 1814.-Return to England, till his departure for Paris, in 1815.-His return the same year, until his death in Ireland, in 1828. |
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In November 1864, Abraham Lincoln penned what is known as the "Bixby Letter" offering his condolences to the mother of five soldiers who had fallen in the service of their country. A shocking sacrifice for the cause for any one family to make, although it transpired not all of the sons were in fact dead. Some years earlier the last surviving member of his generation of the Fernyhough family, from Staffordshire in England, wrote the stories of his brothers and himself. Robert Fernyhough's brothers, John and Henry in the Royal Marines and Thomas in the infantry, had fallen in the service of their country during the Napoleonic Wars. Robert himself saw much action as a Royal Marine before eventually fighting in the 95th Rifles in the Peninsular under Wellington, including heavy engagement at the battle of Busaco.The fighting record of the Fernyhough family that is recorded in this work is truly astonishing; Expeditions to Walcheren, Buenos Ayres, Walcheren, the coast of Spain, Savoy, Toulon, Malta, Gibraltar not to mention hard soldiering in the Peninsular make for an excellent Read.Author - Robert Fernyhough (1785-1866) |
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