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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... hundred a day perished , " we are told , killed either for trying to escape , or because the wretched , worn - out creatures were incapable of keeping up along the line of march : " lorsqu'ils ne peuvent pas marcher on les fusille ...
... hundred a day perished , " we are told , killed either for trying to escape , or because the wretched , worn - out creatures were incapable of keeping up along the line of march : " lorsqu'ils ne peuvent pas marcher on les fusille ...
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... hundreds in the cold Jura and rainy Cevennes . " To this day there are few cemeteries all over Central and South - Eastern France without their " Spanish Corner , " where the ill - fated victims of Napoleon's vengeance from across the ...
... hundreds in the cold Jura and rainy Cevennes . " To this day there are few cemeteries all over Central and South - Eastern France without their " Spanish Corner , " where the ill - fated victims of Napoleon's vengeance from across the ...
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... hundred men , ten companies being massed as a convoy . To guard against attempts at rescue , in the disturbed state of the district through which they had to pass in Western Ger- many , each convoy was strongly guarded by ten gendarmes ...
... hundred men , ten companies being massed as a convoy . To guard against attempts at rescue , in the disturbed state of the district through which they had to pass in Western Ger- many , each convoy was strongly guarded by ten gendarmes ...
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... hundred British officers and détenus were admitted into the Masonic Lodge there , until the authorities discovered that certain of the French Masons , as an act of brotherhood , had helped a British prisoner to escape . On that the ...
... hundred British officers and détenus were admitted into the Masonic Lodge there , until the authorities discovered that certain of the French Masons , as an act of brotherhood , had helped a British prisoner to escape . On that the ...
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... hundred prisoners was the normal estab- lishment at Givet ; surplus prisoners , on the arrival of fresh batches , being drafted mostly to Arras , Cambray , or Valenciennes . Refractory prisoners and those recaptured after escapes were ...
... hundred prisoners was the normal estab- lishment at Givet ; surplus prisoners , on the arrival of fresh batches , being drafted mostly to Arras , Cambray , or Valenciennes . Refractory prisoners and those recaptured after escapes were ...
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