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The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.B.

Harry George Wakelyn Smith · Public domain text

233,099 words · about 16 h 19 min to read

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The text of The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.B. comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #57094. It is in English and public domain in the United States. Edited by G. C. Moore Smith. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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Author
Smith, Harry George Wakelyn, Sir (1788–1860)
Language
English
Subjects
Generals › Great Britain › Biography, Washington (D.C.) › History › Capture by the British, 1814, Smith, Harry George Wakelyn, Sir, 1788-1860
Length
233,099 words · about 16 h 19 min
Sections
52 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (52)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 18 min
  3. I. MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES about 11 min
  4. II. WITH SIR JOHN MOORE—BATTLE OF CORUÑA about 4 min
  5. III. BACK TO THE PENINSULA UNDER SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY about 5 min
  6. IV. CAMPAIGN OF 1810—THE 1ST GERMAN HUSSARS about 4 min
  7. V. CAMPAIGN OF 1810—BATTLE OF THE COA about 13 min
  8. VI. CAMPAIGN OF 1811 about 15 min
  9. VII. CAMPAIGN OF 1812: STORMING OF CIUDAD RODRIGO about 5 min
  10. Chapter VIII about 15 min
  11. Chapter IX about 10 min
  12. Chapter X about 10 min
  13. XI. CAMPAIGN OF 1813: BATTLE OF VITTORIA about 11 min
  14. XII. CAMPAIGN OF 1813: ADVANCE TO VERA about 10 min
  15. Chapter XIII about 15 min
  16. XIV. CAMPAIGN OF 1813: COLONEL COLBORNE—SECOND COMBAT OF VERA about 11 min
  17. XV. CAMPAIGN OF 1813: BATTLE OF THE NIVELLE about 12 min
  18. Chapter XVI about 11 min
  19. XVII. CAMPAIGN OF 1814: BATTLE OF ORTHEZ—ANECDOTE OF JUANA SMITH about 8 min
  20. Chapter XVIII about 13 min
  21. Chapter XIX about 10 min
  22. Chapter XX about 18 min
  23. Chapter XXI about 18 min
  24. Chapter XXII about 23 min
  25. Chapter XXIII about 16 min
  26. Chapter XXIV about 19 min
  27. XXV. JUANA’S STORY.[75] about 9 min
  28. Chapter XXVI about 12 min
  29. Chapter XXVII about 17 min
  30. Chapter XXVIII about 6 min
  31. Chapter XXIX about 14 min
  32. Chapter XXX about 13 min
  33. Chapter XXXI about 8 min
  34. Chapter XXXII about 11 min
  35. Chapter XXXIII about 13 min
  36. Chapter XXXIV about 8 min
  37. Chapter XXXV about 19 min
  38. Chapter XXXVI about 13 min
  39. Chapter XXXVII about 10 min
  40. Chapter XXXVIII about 23 min
  41. Chapter XXXIX about 18 min
  42. Chapter XL about 9 min
  43. Chapter XLI about 19 min
  44. Chapter XLII about 10 min
  45. Chapter XLIII about 16 min
  46. Chapter XLIV about 13 min
  47. Chapter XLV about 20 min
  48. Chapter XLVI about 17 min
  49. Chapter XLVII about 11 min
  50. Chapter XLVIII about 28 min
  51. Chapter XLIX about 43 min
  52. Chapter L about 4 h 55 min

The opening of Preface

The Life of Sir Harry Smith here offered to the public consists of an Autobiography covering the period 1787 to 1846 (illustrated by notes and appendices), and some supplementary chapters contributed by myself on the last period of Sir Harry’s life (1846-1860). Chapter XXXI. carries the reader to the year 1829. This, it is interesting to remark, is a true turning point in the life of the great soldier. Till then he had seen warfare only on two continents, Europe and America (the Peninsula, France, the Netherlands, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, Washington, New Orleans); from that date onwards the scene of his active service was Africa and Asia. Till 1829 his responsibility was small; after 1829 he had a large or paramount share in directing the operations in which he was engaged. This difference naturally affects the tone of his narrative in the two periods.

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