Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More
Manuscript Peninsular War Journal by [Brooke, Major General William Joseph Eyre] - 1812: Journal of my departure from England for Portugal and return from Salamanca to Lisbon. May 6th 1812…Nov. 9th 1812
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Manuscript Peninsular War Journal: Journal of my departure from England for Portugal and return from Salamanca to Lisbon. May 6th 1812…Nov. 9th 1812
by [Brooke, Major General William Joseph Eyre]
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A historically important unrecorded and unpublished manuscript journal hand written by Major General William Joseph Eyre Brooke (1770-1843).
William Brooke returned to the Peninsula in August 1812 to be appointed by Wellington as officer in charge of courts-martial at Lisbon. This journal is a unique and vivid eye witness account following Wellington's advances. Brooke describes the journey, accompanied by his (un-named) nephew, Assistant Surgeon [James] Harrison and Lieut. Geo Bray. Honourable Capt Josceline Percy of the Hotspur Frigate & Hon Capt Anthony Maitland of The Pique Frigate, Brooke's transport to Lisbon from Portsmouth.
Itinerary: To Villa Franca thro' Sacarem - To Santarem, by Azambuza and Velada –To Gologoa –To Abrantes –To Gavieo - To Niza – To Sarnadas – To Castello Branco –– To St. Miguel – To Petrocha – To Sabugal – To Alberguesia, by Aldeia do Ponto – To Cuidad Rodrigo – To Martin del Rio by St Espiritu – To Calzada de Diego – To Salamanca - To Mantilla – To Martin del Rio – To Cuidad Rodrigo – To Aldeia do Bispo – To Freshadas – Fortress of Almeida – To Celerica - Mondego River – To Sampayo –Cortico – Carapichana – Villa Corteza – House of the Prior – St Jago - To Galezies – Tinozelo – Chamusca –Venda Nova – Lourosa – Fidalgo – Farinha Podre – Venda da Porca – Venda da Valle – Moita – To Riva – Coimbra – To Condeixa – To Pombal– To Leyria – To Molianos – Monastery of Batalha - To Rio Mayor – To Alcoentra – To the same Villa Franca – Sacarem – To Lisbon.
Major General William Joseph Eyre Brooke (1770-1843)
Born 1770 in Fort St George, Tamil Nadu, India
Son of Henry Brooke of Hatheley Kildare (died 1786) and Mary (Allbury/Aubury) Brooke. His mother, Mary Brooke (formerly Allbury/Aubrey/Albeary) 1738-1787, born in Ireland of mother unknown, was a daughter of Friedrich Ludwig (Frederick) Prince of Wales formerly Hannover or Hanover, von Hannover 1707-1751. Little is known about Mary Allbeary (also known as Aubury) but what information there is, came originally from the late Sir Robert Mackworth-Young KCVO, Librarian of Windsor Castle Library. "Daughter of Frederick Prince of Wales born of an undisclosed mother. She was married on 25 August 1764 at Fort St George Madras to Henry Brooke (1725-86) and she died 23 years later on 12 August 1787 at Dublin."
Early Service: West Indies 1794-1796.
Peninsular War: Assistant Adjutant-General 1810. Served with his regiment 2/48th.
On staff Lisbon 1812 - 1814.
Major General 1813, Lieutenant General 1825, General 1841.
Husband of Mary (Nicolls) Brooke — married June 12, 1815 in St Marylebone, England.
Brother of Catherine (Brooke) Wahab, Henry Brooke, Thomas Henry Brooke, Robert Brooke of Bath, Edward Brooke, Arthur Brooke, Mary Anne Brooke and Sarah Brooke.
Died 9 September 1843 at Alfred Place, Bath. A photocopy of the "Will of William otherwise Joseph Eyre Brooke, Lieutenant General in His Majesty's Service of Bath, Somerset", PROB 11/1989/183, 22 December 1843 is included.
Peninsula War
Major William Brooke was captured by French forces at the Battle of Albuera on May 16th 1811. His vivid journal of that time from May 18th to September 28th 1811 was later discovered in the papers of Sir James Stevenson Barnes and published by Charles Oman in Revival: Studies in the Napoleonic Wars, titled A Prisoner of Albuera (1929). Brooke escaped from Seville and returned home to Bath in the autumn of 1811.
In 1812, Wellington finally captured Ciudad Rodrigo. He then moved south quickly, besieged the fortress of Badajoz for a month and captured it during one bloody night. He then routed the French at the Battle of Salamanca on 22nd July.
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Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More
My wanderings in the Balkans
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"I realised that a new Europe had been moulded out of the old…It mattered little whether it was economically sound or unsound that this or that race should be given national status… independence was in itself sufficient to justify the map of Europe being made out anew".
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile Sources
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Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the other Oases now under the dominion of the Pasha of Egypt
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George Alexander Hoskins (1802-1863) traveller, antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the While Nile Association in 1839.
Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for such as undertake long Voyages at Sea. Shewing how Sea-Water may be made Fresh and Wholsome: And how Freshwater may be preserv’d Sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv’d in hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleaning away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs.
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Stephen Hales (1677-1761) FRS, Royal Academy of Sciences. Dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Memoirs of the life and travels of John Ledyard from his journals and correspondence.
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In making a Papier Croisé, the final step required that the paper be lifted up and carefully moved while still wet. This caused the characteristic knotting in the design.
John Ledyard (1751-1789) American explorer and adventurer. Ledyard accompanied Cook on the third and final voyage 1776-1780. Visiting the Sandwich Islands, Cape of Good Hope, the Prince Edward Islands off South Africa, the Kerguelen Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Tahiti, and then Hawaii. It continued to the northwest coast of North America, making Ledyard perhaps the first U.S. citizen to touch its western coast, along the Aleutian islands and Alaska into the… Read More
Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland, from drawings by Captn. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards F.R.S. Member of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty (1789-1848) army officer and artist Batty compiled books illustrated with plates etched by himself. He served in the Peninsular War, in the Duke of Wellington's 1815 Campaign, at Waterloo, where he was injured in the thigh. "Following Wellington's victory, Batty entered Paris with the 3rd battalion on 7 July, having en route been at the storming of the fortress of Péronne on 26 June. Three days later, he became a lieutenant and captain in the first guards. He served in the army of occupation in France." He was elected FRS in 1822.… Read More
Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun, and the other Oases now under the dominion of the Pasha of Egypt
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George Alexander Hoskins (1802-1863) traveller, antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the While Nile Association in 1839.
Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for such as undertake long Voyages at Sea. Shewing how Sea-Water may be made Fresh and Wholsome: And how Freshwater may be preserv’d Sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv’d in hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleaning away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs.
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Stephen Hales (1677-1761) FRS, Royal Academy of Sciences. Dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
The History of the Church of Japan. Written originally in French by Monsieur L’Abbe de T. And now translated into English. By N.N.: Two Volumes
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ESTC T94112.
Jean Crasset
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George Webb (1653 – 1725)
"The History I have now in hand, speaks of so strange and surprising Adventures which happedn'd at the very utmost extremities of the World, that they may well pass for Romance and Fables." [From the Preface.]
Quartering
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Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation
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NUCLEAR AMERICA: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States 1940 - 1980
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Rotunda 2009 (Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009)
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DANSKE UNIFORMER FRA HAER OG FLAADE TEGNEDE AF RS. CHRISTIANSEN UDGIVET MED TILLADELSE AF KRIGSMINISTEREIT OG MARINEMINISTERIET
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Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies)
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