The Private Journal of F.S. Larpent - Vol. III : attached to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington during the Peninsular War, from 1812 to its close

• Autore: Larpent F. Seymour
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (134 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Peninsular War, 1807-1814; War diaries
• Altri autori: LarpentSir George
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. -- MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY-NARROW ESCAPE OF WELLINGTON-ANECDOTE OF WELLINGTON AT RODRIGO-NOVEL SCALING LADDERS-SIR ALEXANDER DICKSON-WELLINGTON'S VANITY-OPERATIONS RESUMED-SPANISH OFFICERS-THE PASSAGE OF THE ADOUR-THE ROAD TO BAYONNE-DEATH OF CAPTAIN PITTS. -- CHAPTER II -- PASSAGE OF THE RIVER--START FOR ORTHEZ--EFFECT OF THE BATTLE--FEELINGS OF THE FRENCH--WELLINGTON WOUNDED--ST. SEVER--CHURCH AND SCHOOL--AIRE--WELLINGTON ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ALLIES--INDURATING EFFECTS OF WAR. -- CHAPTER III. -- REPORTS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR-THE DUC D'ANGOULÊME-- THE GERMAN CAVALRY MISCONDUCT OF THE SPANIARDS --ATTACKS ON OUR GRAZING PARTIES--MOVEMENT OF HEAD-QUARTERS-DEATH OF COLONEL STURGEON VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL NEW QUARTERS-SKIRMISHES--WELLINGTON AND THE MAYOR. -- CHAPTER IV. -- DIFFICULTIES OF THE MARCH-FAILURE OF THE BRIDGE OF BOATS-- THE GARONNE--EXCESSES OF MURILLO'S CORPS--BAD NEWS-EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS-ARRIVAL BEFORE TOULOUSE-A PRISONER OF WAR ANECDOTE OF WELLINGTON. -- CHAPTER V. -- INTELLIGENCE---CAPTURE OF TOULOUSE---WELLINGTON AT THE THEATRE-THE "LIBERATOR"--BALL AT THE PREFECTURE--THE FEELINGS OF THE FRENCH--SOULT AND SUCHET --BALL AT THE CAPITOLE. -- CHAPTER VI. -- TOULOUSE-ITS CHURCHES-PROTESTANT SERVICE-LIBRARIES - RECEPTION OF THE DUC D'ANGOULÊME --THE FRENCH GENERALS-- POPULARITY OF WELLINGTON. -- CHAPTER VII. -- TOULOUSE-MR. MACARTHY'S LIBRARY-THE MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM-GENERAL HOPE-WELLINGTON'S DUKEDOM-THE THEATRE-A ROMANTIC STORY FEELING TOWARDS THE ENGLISH-THE DUKE ON THE RUSSIAN CAVALRY. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE BORDEAUX-IMPOSITION ON THE ENGLISH-GREETINGS FROM THE WOMEN-MAUSOLEUM OF LOUIS XVI. -- CHAPTER IX. -- THE OPERA-HOUSE-THE CATHEDRAL-THE SYNAGOGUE-A JEWISH WEDDING STRANGE SHOW-HOUSE-WELLINGTON AND KING FERDINAND. -- CHAPTER X. ; COUNTRY FETES-BRAWLS WITH THE FRENCH-THE DUC D'ANGOULÊME-MADEMOISELLE GEORGES-THE ACTRESS AND THE EMPEROR-FRENCH ACTING AND FRENCH AUDIENCES-PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO LORD DALHOUSIE-GEORGES' BENEFIT-DEPARTURE. -- APPENDIX -- APPENDIX I-LETTER referred to at Page 95, Vol. II. -- APPENDIX II -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.
• Sommario/riassunto: Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 "to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence - in which the commander-in-chief considered that they had often failed . . . Larpent, who has left an interesting diary of his duties and his personal adventures [he was captured briefly in 1813 but immediately exchanged], discharged the function of this office . . . down to the end of the war" (Oman, Wellington's Army pp. 159-160). "When in the Peninsula, Larpent wrote descriptive letters to his stepmother, Anna Margaretta Larpent. Publication of this important first-hand account of Wellington's headquarters was deferred until after Wellington's death. The letters were edited, with a biographical preface by Larpent's half-brother, Sir George Larpent, first baronet (1786-1855), in 1853 and passed through three editions in the same year" (Oxford DNB).Author -- Larpent, F. Seymour 1776-1845.Editor -- Larpent, George, Sir, 1786-1855.Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published inLondon: R. Bentley, 1853.Original Page Count - 293 pages.
• Altri titoli varianti: Private Journal of F.S. Larpent
• Titolo autorizzato: The Private Journal of F.S. Larpent - Vol. III
• ISBN: 1-78289-023-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163172503321
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