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containing interesting particulars relating to the eminent services he rendered his country : carried down to the battle of Alexandria, where this lamented hero received his mortal wound : together with an accurate statement of the campaign in Egypt, the defeat of the Invincibles, and the unexampled courage manifested by the British troops : furnished from official documents
252 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Life of Gen. Sir R. Abercromby (pages 1-101) -- The life of Marquid Cornwallis, Kinght of the Garter (pages 103-145) -- Sketch of the life of Sir W.S. Smith, K.S. (pages 147-252).
by an Officer in the Army. The life of Marquis Cornwallis, Knight of the Garter : containing various particulars relative to his personal valour, successful achievements, and independent manly conduct in the Senate, as well as in the field : brought down to the period of his death, which occurred at Ghazepoore, in the province of Benares, Oct. 5, 1805. Sketch of the life of Sir W.S. Smith, K.S. : containing an accurate account of the various exploits of this gallant hero, as well in foreign, as in the British service : with a copious description of his being taken prisoner, of his conduct while in confinement in France, and of his wonderful escape from the temple : together with the interesting particulars of the siege of St. John d'Acre, conducted by Buonaparte in person, who was compelled to raise the siege, and fly before the superior force of our warrior.
No collective title page; titles transcribed from individual title pages.
Imprint on second and third titles reads: Printed for and published by J. Fowler.
The Cushing Library/Rare copy is bound with: An accurate and impartial life of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte in Sicily / by Frederick Lloyd, Esq. Ormskirk : Printed by J. Fowler, 1806.
Life of Marquis Cornwallis, Knight of the Garter
Sketch of the life of Sir W.S. Smith, K.S