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The autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence : a hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns Cover Image E-book E-book

The autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence : a hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns

Lawrence, William 1791-1867 (Author). Nugent-Bankes, George. (Added Author).

Summary: "I was so weak myself that I could scarcely walk, so I crawled on my hands and knees till I got out of the reach of the enemy's musketry. After proceeding for some way I fell in with Lord Wellington and his staff, who seeing me wounded, asked me which regiment I belonged to. I told them the Fortieth, and that I hads been one of the forlorn hope."The military memoirs of one who enlisted in the 40th Foot (later 1st Bn South Lancs) in 1804 and was eventually discharged in 1821. He served in So ...

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  • ISBN: 1897632541
  • ISBN: 9781897632543
  • ISBN: 1781502331
  • ISBN: 9781781502334
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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  • Publisher: Uckfield : Naval & Military Press, 2001.

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Facsimile reproduction: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886.
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Subject: Lawrence, William -- 1791-1867
Great Britain. -- Army -- Biography
Great Britain. -- Army -- Military life
Grande-Bretagne. -- Army -- Biographies
Grande-Bretagne. -- Army -- Vie militaire
Lawrence, William -- 1791-1867
Great Britain. -- Army
Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, English
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives, English
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
Armed Forces -- Military life
Belgium -- Waterloo
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