Personal Narrative of Events, From 1799 to 1815

Operations in South Carolina--Capture of Cumberland Island and the Fort of Point-à-Petre--An Affair with the American Riflemen in the Woods--An Abattis--Anecdotes of the 2nd Wes...

The ship having undergone the necessary repairs, which was very heavy work during the severe winter of 1813, towards the end of March we sailed for Spithead, where we embarked t...

“The man who pants not for his country’s fame Is lost to virtue and the sense of shame; For here the common parent of us all, Bears every claim of those whom dear we call-- Our...

Malta--Dreadful accident by the Explosion of a Magazine in the town, on the Bermola side--Nearly get into a scrape about breaking quarantine--Kind answer of the gallant Admiral...

Towards the end of May, 1813, embarking 300 men of the 67th Regiment, under Colonel Prevost, an officer who had distinguished himself at the battle of Barrosa, we sailed with th...

We had a long passage out, running far to the southward, and crossing the tropic of Cancer before we hauled to the westward for the islands of Bermuda. In a squall we carried aw...

Whilst off Naples official notice reached us of the declaration of war against France, and we proceeded immediately off Toulon, where, in the course of a short time, Lord Nelson...

After the repairs were made good, which took nearly two months, we sailed for Messina, and found there some transports waiting for a convoy to take a reinforcement of troops, wi...

On the 13th of June I sailed in H.M. Ship _Brune_ for Cadiz, at that time besieged by Marshal Soult. I waited on Admiral Legg, and our ambassador (Sir Henry Willesley), and deli...

Having but little to do, I passed much time in examining the beautifully situated, but dirty town of Lisbon. If it were not for the scavenger dogs which prowl about and take “po...

I spent the remainder of the year in the Tagus, making, when duty permitted, excursions up that river to some of the small islands, near Alhandra, where we used to find snipe, q...

In November, 1800, we sailed for Gibraltar. I was much pleased to see the celebrated rock, so well defended by the gallant Elliot in 1782, and to read, on the spot, Colonel Drin...

Our first cruise was with the channel fleet off Brest, and to me, a boy of ten years old, it appeared a great feat, blocking up a superior French one in their own harbour, and o...

“I have the honour to acknowledge your three letters of the 19th inst., which have been laid before the Commander of the Forces, with regard to the miseries which the enemy have...

My father[A] and uncle both served their king and country in the American war of independence; the former was with Lord Cornwallis’s army when it surrendered at York to the Amer...

Ten days after the action, I was appointed acting lieutenant of the _Melpomene_ (38), Captain Peter Parker. The weather having moderated, we sailed in company with the _Orion_ (...

I fortunately remained in the Mediterranean during the whole of the short peace, which helped on my mid’s time, in the _Renown_ (74), with Captain John C. White[E], a smart offi...

Operations in South Carolina--Capture of Cumberland Island and the Fort of Point-à-Petre--An Affair with the American Riflemen in the Woods--An Abattis--Anecdotes of the 2nd Wes...

Malta--Dreadful Accident by the Explosion of a Magazine in the Town, on the Bermola side--Nearly get into a Scrape about Breaking Quarantine--Kind Answer of the gallant Admiral...