epub |eng | | Author:Michael Robert Dedrick

“LETTER IN PRISON”—LE HONG QUAN—MAY 1975 I am a soldier in prison at the front line Even though the chains gnash my arms and legs The crushing interrogation leaves me ...

epub |eng | 2011-08-25 | Author:Surgeon Walter Henry [Henry, Surgeon Walter]

CHAPTER XIX. — ARRIVAL OF LORD GOSFORD.—MR. ROEBUCK.—ELEVATION OF MR. BEDARD TO THE BENCH.—HOSPITALITIES AND CONVIVIALITIES OF THE CHATEAU. “Why, my Master, kind soul, said the Corporal, hasn’t the heart ...

epub |eng | 2005-09-19 | Author:John Kincaid [Kincaid, John]

CHAPTER XVIII Commencement of the War of 1815—Embark for Rotterdam—Ship’s Stock—Ship struck—A Pilot, a Smuggler, and a Lawyer—A Boat without Stock—Join the Regiment at Brussels. I HAVE endeavoured, in this ...

epub |eng | 2013-02-25 | Author:Sir Richard D. Henegan [Henegan, Sir Richard D.]

CHAPTER XX. Friendly Patroles—Plundering Spaniards—The Padre of Vera—Sequel to the story of Agnese and Friar Antonio—Marauding habits of Murillo's Division— Attack on the Convent of St. Cecilia—Horrible outrage on the ...

epub |eng | 2016-11-11 | Author:Anonymous [Anonymous]

CHAPTER XVIII.—THE SIEGE OF BURGOS. IN a few days we reached within one league of Burgos, where we halted and bivouacked: next morning we marched in two columns upon Burgos, ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-17 | Author:Anon [Anon]

The hollow, in the twilight of a summer evening, presented a scene of great interest—the wounded of both armies crying piteously for "water! water!" We had much ado to avoid ...

epub |eng | 2011-01-20 | Author:Philip Henry, 5th Earl of Stanhope [Philip Henry, 5th Earl of Stanhope]

The French, when first they entered Portugal under Junot, met with no resistance at all; had they done so, they could not have got to Lisbon, their route being most ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-05 | Author:Francis Loraine Petre O.B.E [O.B.E, Francis Loraine Petre]

General Bonnal{218} blames Bessières for allowing himself to be frightened into retreat when, by a bold offensive with Wrede and Molitor, he would probably have forced Hiller to retreat. That, ...

epub |eng | 2011-06-27 | Author:Francis Loraine Petre O.B.E [O.B.E, Francis Loraine Petre]

Napoleon, only able to commence passing the Marne at 10 a.m., had his army by evening of the 3rd in the following positions: (1) Marmont, Mortier and Bordessoulle between Neuilly-St. ...

epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Colonel Jean-Baptiste-Modeste-Eugène Vachée [Vachée, Colonel Jean-Baptiste-Modeste-Eugène]

CHAPTER VII — REWARDS AND PENALTIES — NAPOLEON AND HIS GENERALS Napoleon's egoism in command—His contempt of man—His attitude towards his generals—Hostility of certain generals towards Bonaparte at the opening ...

epub |eng | 2016-11-30 | Author:Michael Broers [Broers, Michael]

5 THE NAPOLEONIC JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN THE ILLYRIAN PROVINCES, 1809–13 AN EXERCISE IN INCONGRUITY?1 ‘Illyria’ was the farthest-flung component of the first Napoleonic empire, even if it was not the ...

epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Lt.-Colonel Reginald G. Burton [Burton, Lt.-Colonel Reginald G.]

CHAPTER VII - THE BATTLE OF ARCOLA State of the French Army—Situation of the Austrians—Alvinzy —Austrian Plans—Movements of Davidovich—The French retire — Austrian Position — Situation of Napoleon — He ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-23 | Author:John William Cole [Cole, John William]

No. VI. — MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT CRAUFURD. "There is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And triumph weeps ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-23 | Author:unknow

CHAPTER IX. FROM THE BÉRÉZINA TO WILNA-THE JEWS. I HAD been walking in advance of the regiment for about half an hour, when I met a sergeant of the Fusiliers-Chasseurs ...

epub |eng | 2013-02-25 | Author:Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las Cases [Cases, Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las]

31st.—The Emperor rose very early, and took a turn round the park alone. On his return, not wishing to have any one disturbed, he desired my son, who had risen, ...