The Private Journal of F. S. Larpent, Judge-Advocate General of the British Forces in the Peninsula Attached to the Head-quarters of Lord Wellington during ... War from 1812 to its Close
Subtitle: Volume 1
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: July 29, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781402188725
Subjects: Journal,Wellington,Arthur Wellesley,Peninsular war,1807-1814,Francis Seymour,Larpent; Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / Europe / General
First sentence: IT was very fortunate that I kept to my post at the George Inn, at Portsmouth; for at seven in the morning of Saturday the 5th, I was called from my bed by the Admiral, who told me that, in consequence of the news from Madrid, he had received orders to send a ship of war after the Pylades, to endeavour to prevent her landing the money she had carried out to Oporto, and to direct her captain to take it on to Lisbon.