The Story of a Peninsular Veteran

The Story of a Peninsular Veteran - Sergeant in the Forty-Third Light Infantry, during the Peninsular War

The writer of the following pages, in the descriptions of Battles, Sieges, and Military Incidents, is indebted to the History of the War in the Peninsula and the South of France, by W. F. P. Napier, C.B. AUTHORS FAMILY AND BIRTHCONDITION OF IRELANDTHE REBELLIONITS CAUSESACTION AT RATHANGANMICHAEL MURPHY, THE FIGHTING PRIESTMURDER OF JOHN TINKLERTHE PRETENDED MIRACLE WORKERPRIEST ROCHEACTION AT ARKLOWDEFEAT OF THE REBELSENTERS THE ARMYAPPREHENDED INVASION OF THE FRENCHORDERED ON ACTUAL SERVICETHE SOLDIER AND HIS FAMILYTHE MILITARY ASYLUM. I have the advantage of being an Irishman. My parents had also the felicity of first seeing the light of day as it shone upon the soil of the land which for ages has seemed to possess such passing interest in the eyes of Britain. Their family consisted of six children: four boys and two girls. I was the youngest of the whole, and, for reasons I do not profess to comprehend, was a special favourite. I was named Thomas; which, interpreted by parental love, was converted into Benjamin, with a double portion of all that substance so scanty as theirs could supply. I was born in the small townsland of Enneham, Kings County, in the province of Leinster, about the year 1790, be the same a little earlier 8or later. The exact period I cannot specify; as at that time and place, and in consequence of the culpable negligence generally prevalent in parochial registration, very little thought or care was shown in recording such events. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61166
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: Jan 13, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English