The Light Dragoon

• Autore: Farmer George
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.27
• Soggetto topico: Military life; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
• Altri autori: GleigGeorge Robert
• Nota di contenuto: Title page -- Volume I, Chapter I -- How I enlisted, and what befel me then. -- Volume I, Chapter II -- Service in Ireland, and Embarkation for Portugal. -- Volume I, Chapter III -- Voyage to Lisbon--State of the City--March to the Front--Wounded Men--Camp at Elvas. -- Volume I, Chapter IV -- The Light Dragoon and his Horse--The Guerillas--A Battle and its Results. -- Volume I, Chapter V -- A March, long but not agreeable. -- Volume I, Chapter VI -- Prisoners' Fare, and Spanish Flirtation. -- Volume I, Chapter VII -- How Prisoners are sometimes treated on a March. -- Volume I, Chapter VIII -- The darkest Hour is nearest the Dawn. -- Volume I, Chapter IX -- I see more of the World, and fare better. -- Volume I, Chapter X -- Forced Marches, and their Results. -- Volume I, Chapter XI -- Burgos while occupied by the French. -- Volume I, Chapter XII -- We return to France. -- Volume I, Chapter XIII -- I pursue my Journey--Domestic Brawl--A Sutler--Germany--Dusseldorf--Changes of Fortune. -- Volume 2, Chapter I -- Set out for England--Adventures by the Way--Embark at Helvoetsluys--Harwich-Sailors' Fun--March for London. -- Volume 2, Chapter II -- Home--Rejoin my Regiment--Rejoicings for Peace--Country Quarters--Fresh Alarms--Campaign in the Low Countries. -- Volume 2, Chapter III -- Signs of coming Strife--Sudden Route--The Field of Quatre Bras--Battle of Waterloo. -- Volume 2, Chapter IV -- The Field of Battle. -- Volume 2, Chapter V -- The Advance. -- Volume 2, Chapter VI -- Paris and its Environs. -- Volume 2, Chapter VII -- Quit Paris under peculiar Circumstances--Cambray -- Adventures there--The Suicide. -- Volume 2, Chapter VIII -- Change of Quarters--Adventures in Different Parts--Return to England. -- Volume 2, Chapter IX -- Voyage to India--Fort William--Sail up the Ganges. -- Volume 2, Chapter X. ; Voyage up the Ganges continued--Scenes along its Course--Dinapore--The Stables--A Murder and Execution. -- Volume 2, Chapter XI -- Fever and Cholera--Hospital Scenes--Change of Quarters--Preparations for war. -- Volume 2, Chapter XII -- Meerut--Occupations there--Alarm of War with Bhurtpore--Multoa--The Baboons and Turtles--Meerut again--Second Advance--Bhurtpore invested. -- Volume 2, Chapter XIII -- Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore. -- Volume 2, Chapter XIV -- Changes of Quarters--Peaceable Adventures--Failing Health--Back to England, and Discharge.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Reverend George R. Gleig was a prolific writer of the military history of his own period and his near past, he was also well qualified to do so as a former Ensign in the 85th Regiment, the Chaplain General to H.M. forces and a friendship with the Duke of Wellington. In his capacity at the Royal Chelsea Hospital, he would have been surrounded by any number of former soldiers who campaigned under the Iron Duke and other British generals. Of these many men with stories to tell, Gleig pushed a number forward for publication, such as this book "The Light Dragoon" which he edited into its present form from the recollections of George Farmer.Farmer's recollections are earthy, vivid and detailed, and valuable from a historical stand-point as they are written by an ex-ranker of the cavalry. His adventures take him from Ireland in when he enlisted in the 11th Light Dragoons, taking him far from his home to the Peninsular, on the Waterloo campaign and to India. Although not written at the time, or following notes at the times of the events that he describes, Farmer's memory and story-telling seem undimmed by the passage of time.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Light Dragoon
• ISBN: 9781908692559; 1908692553
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164076003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II