Under England's flag
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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.
“We cordially recommend this charming bit of autobiography.”— Daily Chronicle.
“Should be in the hands of all young soldiers, for it is a manual of soldierly kindness and fine humanity.”— Vanity Fair.
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Captain Charles Boothby, R.E.
Born 1786. Died 1846.
UNDER ENGLAND’S FLAG From 1804 to 1809
THE MEMOIRS, DIARY, AND CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES BOOTHBY, CAPTAIN OF ROYAL ENGINEERS, COMPILED BY THE LAST SURVIVORS OF HIS FAMILY, M. S. B. & C. E. B.
Charles Boothby
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UNDER ENGLAND’S FLAG
INTRODUCTION
NOTE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
UNDER ENGLAND’S FLAG
From Journal Notes
Battle of Maida
Copy of Letter from Sir John Moore to Lieutenant Boothby, R.E., Augusta:—
Letter from Lieut. Charles Boothby to Sir John Moore
Order from Headquarters
CORUNNA, 1808
Lisbon and the Tagus
Residence in Lisbon
Departure from Lisbon
Country between Lisbon, Villa Franca, and the Tagus
APPENDIX
Letter from Lieut.-Gen. Sir David Baird to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State.
Letter from Lieut.-Gen. Hope to Lieut.-Gen. Sir David Baird, containing the report after the battle of Corunna, 16th January 1809.
Last Orders given to the Army of Spain by the Great General, Sir John Moore, K.B.
FOOTNOTES
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