Triumphs and disasters : eyewitness accounts from the Netherlands campaign, 1813-1814 / notes and commentary by Andrew Bamford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamford, Andrew, 1981- contributor, writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynedoch, Thomas Graham, Baron, 1748-1843.

Lynedoch, Thomas Graham.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Personal narratives.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Netherlands--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, [England] : Frontline Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sir Thomas Grahams Netherlands Campaign of 18131814 has produced a surprisingly rich crop of memoirs and letters. This compelling new book brings together six of the shorter accounts, several of them never before seen in print, to help shed new light on the triumphs and disasters of these forgotten operations. Mixing formal reports with lively personal narratives, and contemporary letters and diaries with later reflections, this selection covers all the major actions of the campaign and the authors range from one of Grahams senior staff to an NCO in one of his infantry battalions. In addition to explanatory notes throughout, detailed appendices resolve some of the controversies arising from these and other eyewitness accounts, helping to increase our understanding of these little-known but important operations. Carefully researched and expertly compiled by historian Andrew Bamford, this is a valuable and absorbing new source, which will be of great interest to any student of the period.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Plates

List of Maps

Introduction

Chronology of Events

Maps

Chapter I: Lieutenant Colonel James Carmichael Smyth: Royal Engineers

Chapter II: Ensign Thomas Slingsby Duncombe: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Chapter III: Lieutenant Charles Shaw: 2nd Battalion, 52nd (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry

Photo Gallery

Chapter IV: Ensign William Thain: 33rd (1st West Riding) Regiment of Foot

Chapter V: Corporal Alexander Frederic Meuller: 2nd Battalion, 1st Foot Guards

Chapter VI: 2nd Lieutenant Dunbar Moodie: 2nd Battalion, 21st (Royal North British) Fusiliers

Appendix I: Command and Order of Battle Under Graham

Appendix II: Officers and Officership

Appendix III: Britons and Russians

Appendix IV: The Duke of Clarence and the Battles of Merxem

Appendix V: Further Thoughts on the Bergen-op-Zoom Disaster

Appendix VI: Monuments and Commemoration

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473880467

1473880467