Napoleon the Gaoler: Personal Experiences and Adventures of British Sailors and Soldiers During the Great Captivity"This century has seen the Centenary of the release of Napoleon's British Prisoners of War." "...between 1803 and 1814...the British prisoners numbered fewer than 12,000, and of these, speaking generally, more than a third were merchantman officers and sailors captured at sea by French frigates and privateers." -- preface and introduction. |
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... LORD BLAYNEY 197 HOW SOME OF THE PRISONERS ESCAPED 239 MIDSHIPMAN BOYES ' ACCOUNT OF HOW HE GOT AWAY 257 MIDSHIPMAN ASHWORTH'S BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY 282 WHEN THE END CAME 295 INDEX 309 • ! LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS NAPOLEON IN HADES From a vii.
... LORD BLAYNEY 197 HOW SOME OF THE PRISONERS ESCAPED 239 MIDSHIPMAN BOYES ' ACCOUNT OF HOW HE GOT AWAY 257 MIDSHIPMAN ASHWORTH'S BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY 282 WHEN THE END CAME 295 INDEX 309 • ! LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS NAPOLEON IN HADES From a vii.
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... Lord Blayney , who was at Verdun as a prisoner of war , records this experience of incarceration at Bitche , " which , " he says , " I received from a gentleman " I who had inhabited its subterraneous dungeons . " " We arrived at Bitche ...
... Lord Blayney , who was at Verdun as a prisoner of war , records this experience of incarceration at Bitche , " which , " he says , " I received from a gentleman " I who had inhabited its subterraneous dungeons . " " We arrived at Bitche ...
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... Lord Blayney , while returning to England after his cap- tivity , the General taking his way home through Belgium to embark at Ostend . " In going through Sedan , " says Lord Blayney , " I had the curiosity to inspect the fortress , so ...
... Lord Blayney , while returning to England after his cap- tivity , the General taking his way home through Belgium to embark at Ostend . " In going through Sedan , " says Lord Blayney , " I had the curiosity to inspect the fortress , so ...
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... Lord Blayney mentions as having been visited by him at Verdun . He was a soldier of the 61st , an Irishman from Ulster , who was then confined in the Porte Chaussée prison of Verdun , after having made his escape from Sedan three times ...
... Lord Blayney mentions as having been visited by him at Verdun . He was a soldier of the 61st , an Irishman from Ulster , who was then confined in the Porte Chaussée prison of Verdun , after having made his escape from Sedan three times ...
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... testimony was sufficient at the trial to win for Captain Brenton a highly honourable acquittal as having done his duty to the utmost of his power . THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MAJOR- GENERAL LORD BLAYNEY TH HE 196 NAPOLEON THE GAOLER.
... testimony was sufficient at the trial to win for Captain Brenton a highly honourable acquittal as having done his duty to the utmost of his power . THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MAJOR- GENERAL LORD BLAYNEY TH HE 196 NAPOLEON THE GAOLER.
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