A Boy in the Peninsular War. Robert Blakeney
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Robert Blakeney
A Boy in the Peninsular War
The Services, Adventures and Experiences of Robert Blakeney
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066167042
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. I JOIN THE ARMY AND MAKE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PERILS OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER II. I SERVE IN A DANISH CAMPAIGN WITH SMALL GLORY.
CHAPTER III. WE LAND IN THE PENINSULA.
CHAPTER IV. WITH THE ADVANCE OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
CHAPTER V. WE RETREAT WITH SIR JOHN MOORE.
CHAPTER VI. WITH THE REARGUARD OF THE RETREATING ARMY.
CHAPTER VII. THE RETREAT CONTINUED.
CHAPTER VIII. THE RETREAT CONTINUED.
CHAPTER IX. THE RETREAT CONTINUED.
CHAPTER X. THE RETREAT CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XI. AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA.
CHAPTER XII. WE AFFECT THE SENTIMENTAL BRITISH PUBLIC, AND GAIN BUT LITTLE GLORY IN HOLLAND.
CHAPTER XIII. WE RETURN TO THE PENINSULA.
CHAPTER XIV. A LITTLE CAMPAIGN FROM TARIFA.
CHAPTER XV. WE ENTERTAIN RIGHT ROYALLY AT TARIFA.
CHAPTER XVI. FROM TARIFA TO BAROSSA.
CHAPTER XVII. IN THE BATTLE OF BAROSSA.
CHAPTER XVIII. WE RETURN TO TARIFA AND THENCE TO LISBON.
CHAPTER XIX. WE AGAIN ADVANCE INTO SPAIN.
CHAPTER XX. IN THE BATTLE OF ARROYO MOLINOS.
CHAPTER XXI. I AM MADE BEAR-LEADER.
CHAPTER XXII. I CONTINUE TO PLAY THE GAOLER.
CHAPTER XXIII. I GET MY COMPANY AND PROCEED TO BADAJOZ.
CHAPTER XXV. AFTER SOME ADVENTURES BY SEA AND LAND I JOIN MY NEW REGIMENT IN THE PYRENEES.
CHAPTER XXVI. FIGHTING IN THE PYRENEES.
CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE BATTLE OF NIVELLE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. I RETURN WOUNDED TO IRELAND, AND TRAVEL IN A COACH OF THAT COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XXIX. AT THE GRAND REVIEW IN PARIS.
CHAPTER XXX. AT BRUSSELS WITH DUKE D’ARENBERG.
From the Right Honourable General Lord Lynedoch, G.C.B.
From the Honourable Colonel Abercrombie, C.B.
From the Right Honourable General Lord Hill, G.C.B.
From Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, C.B. , late 28th Regiment, commanding 56th Regiment .
From Lieutenant-Colonel Cross, C.B.
From Major-General Sir Charles Belson, K.C.B.
ROBERT BLAKENEY.
CHAPTER I.
I JOIN THE ARMY AND MAKE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PERILS OF THE SEA.
In the Gazette of July 1804 it appeared that Robert Blakeney, gentleman, was appointed to an ensigncy in the 28th Regiment of infantry. Relying on the delusive promise that zeal would meet certain reward, I immediately joined my regiment near Cork, where they lay encamped, forming part of a corps under command of Sir Eyre Coote. On the second day after my joining, the whole of the troops marched to Kinsale, and having taken up a position on some high ground looking down on the bay, the men commenced firing ball with as much anxiety as if the whole French flotilla, filled with ruthless invaders and headed by Napoleon in person, were attempting a landing underneath. Some seagulls were seen to fall, and