Ill-starred General: Braddock of the Coldstream GuardsUniversity of Pittsburgh Pre, 15. sep. 1958 - 335 strani A rare combination of documented fact and good storytelling, Ill-Starred General is the biography of a much maligned man from one of history's most vital eras. The career of Edward Braddock began during the court intrigues of Queen Anne and George I, gained momentum in continental military campaigns in the early 1750s, and ended abruptly in the rout of his American army near present-day Pittsburgh in 1755. This highly acclaimed biography reveals the man--and the politics--behind his defeat, one of the major setbacks to British imperial power in the American colonies. |
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... Earl of Ilchester for permission to quote from his Lordship's Lord Hervey and His Times that portion of Hervey's letter relative to Fanny Braddock which appears in [ viii ] AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT Chapter IV ; the American [ vii ]
... Earl of Ilchester for permission to quote from his Lordship's Lord Hervey and His Times that portion of Hervey's letter relative to Fanny Braddock which appears in [ viii ] AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT Chapter IV ; the American [ vii ]
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... Lord Chamberlain of St. James's Palace , the College of Arms , the Guildhall Librarian , the Goldsmith's Com- pany , and the Company of Gunsmiths in London ; the Scots Ancestry Research Society and the Registrar General's Office in ...
... Lord Chamberlain of St. James's Palace , the College of Arms , the Guildhall Librarian , the Goldsmith's Com- pany , and the Company of Gunsmiths in London ; the Scots Ancestry Research Society and the Registrar General's Office in ...
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... Lord Protector , had been dead nearly two years . His Puritan Commonwealth had collapsed . The exiled King's father , Charles I , condemned to death as a tyrant and a traitor , had become a martyr.2 Every living Londoner knew the story ...
... Lord Protector , had been dead nearly two years . His Puritan Commonwealth had collapsed . The exiled King's father , Charles I , condemned to death as a tyrant and a traitor , had become a martyr.2 Every living Londoner knew the story ...
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... Lord Mayor of London and a veteran of the Thirty Years ' War , in which he had served under the great Gustavus Adolphus.13 The primary function of the Coldstream was ceremonial . It per- formed guard duty at St. James's Palace , an old ...
... Lord Mayor of London and a veteran of the Thirty Years ' War , in which he had served under the great Gustavus Adolphus.13 The primary function of the Coldstream was ceremonial . It per- formed guard duty at St. James's Palace , an old ...
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... Lord Russell was clapped into the Tower of London , charged with having plotted to waylay the royal coach and murder the King and his brother . In Lincoln's Inn Fields , a residential square where the Coldstream sometimes paraded , the ...
... Lord Russell was clapped into the Tower of London , charged with having plotted to waylay the royal coach and murder the King and his brother . In Lincoln's Inn Fields , a residential square where the Coldstream sometimes paraded , the ...
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COVENT GARDEN INTERLUDE 17321738 | 61 |
JENKINSS EAR AND THE FORTYFIVE 17381745 | 72 |
FLANDERS 17461753 | 97 |
GIBRALTAR 17531754 | 116 |
LOGISTICS April May 1755 | 164 |
FORT CUMBERLAND May 1029 1755 | 183 |
THE LONG MARCH May 30July 8 1755 | 209 |
INTO BATTLE July 812 1755 | 240 |
XIV REQUIEM | 266 |
NOTES | 273 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 315 |
INDEX | 329 |
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Stran 111 - Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. ' ;' Had it been the whole generation, , , . Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Stran 111 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Stran 40 - Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim, that the high and mighty Prince, George Prince of Wales, is now, by the death of our...
Stran 135 - Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed in the River St.
Stran 132 - I give devise and bequeath unto my said wife Sarah. I "otly, I hereby appoint my said wife Sarah executrix and my sons Archibald and Samuel executives of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
Stran 268 - Duke," writes Horace Walpole, "is much dissatisfied at the slowness of General Braddock, who does not march as if he was at all impatient to be scalped.
Stran 31 - ... the magnifying end of a perspective, and in his manhood through the other, it would be impossible to spy any difference...
Stran 149 - ... informed that you expressed some desire to make the campaign, but that you declined it upon some disagreeableness that you thought might arise from the regulations of command, has ordered me to acquaint you, that he will be very glad of your company in his family, by which all inconveniences of that kind will be obviated. » I shall think myself very happy to form an acquaintance with a person so universally esteemed, and shall use every opportunity of assuring you how much I am, Sir, your most...
Stran 66 - He once had a duel with Colonel Gumley, Lady Bath's brother, who had been his great friend. As they were going to engage, Gumley, who had goodhumor and wit (Braddock had the latter), said, ' Braddock, you are a poor dog! Here, take my purse; if you kill me, you will be forced to run away, and then you will not have a shilling to support you.