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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... soon came up with the rear of the convoy , which is at halt . A musket goes off in front ! It is finished , ' cries a French soldier , laughing . Again ! -two ! -three ! -four - five ! -six ! -seven ! I let down the glass and say to ...
... soon came up with the rear of the convoy , which is at halt . A musket goes off in front ! It is finished , ' cries a French soldier , laughing . Again ! -two ! -three ! -four - five ! -six ! -seven ! I let down the glass and say to ...
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... soon after their arrival the whole . town was alive : the shops were ornamented with crystal- glass windows , as at Paris , which were filled with jewel- lery and the most fashionable articles of dress ; and the shopkeepers ' wives and ...
... soon after their arrival the whole . town was alive : the shops were ornamented with crystal- glass windows , as at Paris , which were filled with jewel- lery and the most fashionable articles of dress ; and the shopkeepers ' wives and ...
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... soon began to lose the appearance of a French town ; and many shops with English signs and English designations were seen , such as , ' Anderson , Grocer and Tea - Dealer , from London , ' ' Stuckey , Tailor and Ladies ' Habit - Maker ...
... soon began to lose the appearance of a French town ; and many shops with English signs and English designations were seen , such as , ' Anderson , Grocer and Tea - Dealer , from London , ' ' Stuckey , Tailor and Ladies ' Habit - Maker ...
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... Soon after the arrival of the détenus at Verdun the game of Hazard having been introduced at the Caron Club , General Wirion sent a gendarme to suppress it ; but this act proceeded from the most corrupt of motives : the General was ...
... Soon after the arrival of the détenus at Verdun the game of Hazard having been introduced at the Caron Club , General Wirion sent a gendarme to suppress it ; but this act proceeded from the most corrupt of motives : the General was ...
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... soon discovered that I had undertaken a task of much more difficulty and danger than I had at all been willing to believe . I found the depôt in the most deplorable state . Both from a moral and physical point of view it would be ...
... soon discovered that I had undertaken a task of much more difficulty and danger than I had at all been willing to believe . I found the depôt in the most deplorable state . Both from a moral and physical point of view it would be ...
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