A Short Narrative of the late campaign of the British army under the orders of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham. With preliminary remarks on the topography and channels of Zeeland.
by SQUIRES Lt Colonel John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Ridgway, 1810. vii and 96 pages. Folding map of Zeeland, folding plan of the attack on Flushing. A near fine copy in later quarter calf and marbled boards contained in a solander case; some light browning of the text. Colonel Squires was the commanding engineer of Hope's Division during the Walcheren Expedition. Later he served in the Peninsula where he died at Truxillo on 19 May 1812 of a 'fever, occasioned by excessive exertion during the siege of Badajoz.'
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- Bookseller
- Victor Sutcliffe (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54710
- Title
- A Short Narrative of the late campaign of the British army under the orders of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham. With preliminary remarks on the topography and channels of Zeeland.
- Author
- SQUIRES Lt Colonel John
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Ridgway
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- napoleonic wars; british army; walcheren expedition; siege flushing; military history
- Bookseller catalogs
- napoleonic;
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Victor Sutcliffe
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