Waterloo Archive Volume IV: The British Sources

Waterloo Archive Volume IV:  The British Sources by GLOVER GARETH


ISBN
9781848326552
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
304
Dimensions
156 x 234mm

Waterloo Archive Volume IV contains letters and journals written largely in the immediate aftermath of the whirlwind campaign of 1815, both from the frontline troops and the support services, including medical reports and those of civilians. This volume includes:Letters by Sir Hussey Vivian and a much fuller version of the famous description by Frederick Ponsonby of his wounding and his subsequent adventures whilst lying on the battlefield during and after the battle. The correspondence of officers in the infantry such as John Gardiner and George Barlow of the 69th Foot, and Daniel Mackinnon, famous for the defence of Hougoumont. Representing the cavalry, we have Captain John Whale, Lifeguards, who appears to have written the opening circumstantial narrative of 'A Near Observer' for Miss Eaton and George Packe of the 13th Light Dragoons, and those who were not on the field during the battle such as Arthur Kennedy of the 18th Hussars and Dixon Denham of the 54th Foot. A series of letters to Sir Charles Bell from various surgeons attending to the wounded in Brussels give both a fascinating and appalling view of the consequences of war. A fascinating description from a witness of Napoleon onboard HMS Bellerophon at Plymouth including an original drawing of him before he sailed into exile on St Helena and a journal of a marine officer during the subsequent passage. SELLING POINTS: ? Forewords by a descendant of Lord Hill, whose aides de camp ? Orlando Bridgeman and Digby Mackworth ? are represented in the volume. ? Includes letters from senior officers to the Duke of York, General Graham and the Board of Ordnance, giving their honest assessment of the action, untainted by Wellington's despatch. ? Contains the previously unpublished journal of George Simmons of the 95th.
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