Category: Biographies
A PRISONER OF FRANCE, the Memoirs, Diary, and Correspondence of CHARLES BOOTHBY, Captain Royal Engineers, during his last Campaign. Square Crown 8vo. Cloth. Price 6s. Containing Frontispiece Portrait of the Author, and several Pen-and-ink Sketches.
A PRISONER OF FRANCE, the Memoirs, Diary, and Correspondence of CHARLES BOOTHBY, Captain Royal Engineers, during his last Campaign. Square Crown 8vo. Cloth. Price 6s. Containing...
2. Part 2Since I last sat down we have made about 100 miles. On Sunday we were hailed by the _Prince_, the ship in which are our other three comrades--Captain Lefebure (our commandant),...
3. Part 3How we watched, how we strained our eyes and wearied our arms with poising the telescope to pry into the beauteous recesses of those approaching shores! But now the night had fa...
4. Part 4_April 1806._--In this climate it is essential to the expeditious progress of works to take the earliest advantage of daylight, while the air is for several hours cool and the s...
5. Part 5Accordingly I copied the plan with my best skill and despatch, and then carried it on board. I had to wait a considerable time. At length I was summoned into the Admiral’s prese...
6. Part 6Most of the ports to the southward of Monte Leone were so inconsiderable as to surrender on the first appearance of a military force or of a ship of war. But the port which by i...
7. Part 7An expedition is expected to leave Sicily every hour, generally supposed to be destined for Alexandria; but it is difficult to conceive why we should wish to garrison Alexandria...
8. Part 8_Friday 13._--All last night hazy weather, moderate breezes; in the morning thick fog--so thick that not a ship in the Fleet could be discovered except at intervals, although th...
9. Part 9_August 10, Wednesday._--Off. St. Albans barely in sight. Foul wind. At the old work--toss, tack, toss, toss, tack toss, toss tack. Stercoraceous smells under my berth; porter u...
10. Part 10When we arrived at our house about ten o’clock the master received us very well, and immediately began talking of the French, asked if they were all embarked, and hoped we would...
11. Part 11As the sun sets we get into the park of Zagala, thinly covered with large cork trees and under-spread with smooth pasture. Here, having the best animal, I, given up to my own th...
12. Part 12_November 17._--Get up at six and start on “Blacky” to examine. Try to ford the river, and fail in several attempts. At last he and I part company; he runs home on one side, and...
13. Part 13Pass numerous villages, and at three leagues encounter the first Portilia, where the road goes over a high mountain, which is sometimes impassable, and at this time bad and dang...
14. Part 14Had the French not been so severely cowed and beaten as they were, and had come on to the attack at dawn, Beresford with 1500 men would have held that line while the embarkation...
15. Part 15I cannot leave Lisbon without noticing the Aqueduct, which is one of the most stupendous and striking structures I ever beheld. It stretches right across a deep valley, and with...
16. Part 16I eagerly believed what he said, because if I had not I should have been unhappy all the evening, and if the fellow lied, to-morrow morning would be time enough to grieve. “Suff...
17. Part 17My dearest mother, I have not written you a very proper letter for a lady, but to make it a little more acceptable it assures you of my perfect health and spirits and constant l...
18. Part 18“When we perceive the surpassing interest of the story, and the valuable biographical material the book contains, a great wonder arises that such a work should have been withhel...