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1 online resource |
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"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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Facsimile reproduction: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886 |
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Lawrence, William, 1791-1867.
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Lawrence, William, 1791-1867 fast |
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Great Britain. Army -- Biography
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Great Britain. Army -- Military life
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Great Britain. Army fast |
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, English
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Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives, English
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Armed Forces -- Military life
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Belgium -- Waterloo
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Biographies
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Personal narratives
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Electronic book
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Nugent-Bankes, George.
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9781781502334 |
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1781502331 |
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