LEADER 04455nam 22005053 450 001 9910164075003321 005 20230725063656.0 010 $a9781908692887 010 $a190869288X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001057029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4807679 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4807679 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11348389 035 $a(OCoLC)974594730 035 $a(BIP)059099371 035 $a(Exl-AI)4807679 035 $a(Perlego)3019647 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001057029 100 $a20210901d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeneral Craufurd and his Light Division 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cWagram Press,$d2011. 210 4$d©2011. 215 $a1 online resource (156 pages) 327 $aTitle page -- CHAPTER I. -- EARLIER LIFE. -- CHAPTER II. -- THE EXPEDITION TO BUENOS AYRES, WITH A LETTER FROM MR. WINDHAM. -- CHAPTER III. -- SIR JOHN MOORE ON SOME CHANGES IN THE ARMY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE RETREAT TO VIGO, WITH A LETTER FROM SIR JOHN MOORE, AND ANECDOTES FROM "RIFLEMAN HARRIS. -- CHAPTER V. -- CRAUFURD'S SERVICES UNDER WELLINGTON. -- CHAPTER VI. -- SERVICES UNDER WELLINGTON CONCLUDED. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CRAUFURD'S FUNERAL, WITH LETTERS CONCERNING HIS DEATH. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- ANECDOTES, AND DIFFERENT ESTIMATES OF CRAUFURD'S CHARACTER AND ABILITIES. -- APPENDIX. -- ADDITIONAL LETTERS, ANECDOTES, ETC. 330 8 $aThe Duke of Wellington was faced by numerous problems as the head of the British Army in the Peninsular War from 1809, not least of which were the number and quality of the sub-ordinate generals that he was sent by the powers that be at Horse Guards. Ranging from blind cavalry commanders such as Baron von Bock, to Sir William Erskine, who was "generally understood him to be a madman.", however set apart from these characters was Robert "Black Bob" Craufurd, leader of the Light Division. He was, apart from a handful of errors, as dependable, hard fighting and able a general as the Iron Duke would have under his command in the Peninsular. He died the death of a gallant general, from wounds sustained at the head of his troops at the breach of Cuidad Rodrigo in 1812, after numerous successful battles and engagements.Craufurd's Grandson, Alexander Craufurd, decided to write a memoir tying together historical documents and the numerous memoirs left by the men of the Light Division, the 43rd, 52nd and 95th Regiments. He does not attempt to gloss over the failings of his grandfather although as might be expected he does his level best to explain them and with the help of eye-witnesses excuse them. General Craufurd, had a long career of soldiering in varied locations before his service, including India and South America where he established his reputation as an outstanding regimental officer and very unafraid of condemning what he saw was bad generalship. In character he was stern and often sullenly broody, a strict disciplinarian, whose men could not be said to love him by they definitely trusted his judgement and were glad to be commanded by a man who looked after their basic needs. He was a "scientific officer" who trained his men to excel in their roles at the outposts, at the forefront of advances and the rearguards of retreats. His officers however roundly disliked him but as Sir George Napier said;"Although he was a most unpopular man, every officer of the Light Division must acknowledge that, by his unwearied and active exertions of mind and body, that Division was brought to a state of discipline and knowledge of the duties of light troops, which never was equalled by any Division in the British army, or surpassed by any Division of the French army."An excellent book on one of the finest British Generals of the Peninsular War.Author - Alexander Henry Craufurd - (1843-1917) 606 $aPeninsular War, 1807-1814$7Generated by AI 606 $aMilitary biography$7Generated by AI 615 0$aPeninsular War, 1807-1814 615 0$aMilitary biography 676 $a940.274 700 $aCraufurd$b Alexander Henry$01371437 701 $aPublishing$b Pickle Partners$01077764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164075003321 996 $aGeneral Craufurd and his Light Division$93400557 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01832nam 2200397z- 450 001 9910346894503321 005 20210211 010 $a1000028377 035 $a(CKB)4920000000101577 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48925 035 $a(oapen)doab48925 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000101577 100 $a20202102d2012 |y 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGroßversuche zum Leckageverhalten von gerissenen Stahlbetonwa?nden 210 $cKIT Scientific Publishing$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 223 p. p.) 225 1 $aKarlsruher Reihe Massivbau, Baustofftechnologie, Materialprüfung / Institut für Massivbau und Baustofftechnologie ; Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt Karlsruhe 311 08$a3-86644-860-0 330 $aKenntnisse u?ber die Luft- und Dampfdichtheit, sowie das Leckageverhalten des Containments sind von essentieller Bedeutung zur Sicherheitsbeurteilung kerntechnischer Anlagen. 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