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    Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. II
    Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. I
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    Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe Series

    By Captain John Blakiston

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    Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula.
    He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The second volume concentrates on the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, after a raid into Dutch [at the time French] Java, and is considered, even amongst the memoirs of the period, to be a somewhat rare account from an engineer officer - and one that fought in the service of Portugal. Battles such as Vittoria, the Nive and the Nivelle are recounted with an admirable eye for detail.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWagram Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. II
    Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. I

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      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. I
      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. I

      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. I

      Captain John Blakiston
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      Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The first volume concentrated on his time with the East India Company; it is very valuable not only for its own narrative, but also for the rarity of any narrative that describes the initial campaigns of the then Colonel Wellesley in command of a sizeable force and in semi-independent command. At the time of his commission into the East India Company, a new administration in India led by Marquess Richard Wellesley (the future Duke’s elder brother) was just installed and was to come into conflict with the armies of not only Tippoo Sultan, ruler of Mysore, but also with numerous bands of rebels.

      Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The first volume concentrated on his time with the East India Company; it is very valuable not only for its own narrative, but also for the rarity of any narrative that describes the initial campaigns of the then Colonel Wellesley in command of a sizeable force and in semi-independent command. At the time of his commission into the East India Company, a new administration in India led by Marquess Richard Wellesley (the future Duke’s elder brother) was just installed and was to come into conflict with the armies of not only Tippoo Sultan, ruler of Mysore, but also with numerous bands of rebels.

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      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. II
      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. II

      Twelve Years’ Military Adventure in Three-Quarters of the Globe – Vol. II

      Captain John Blakiston
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      Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The second volume concentrates on the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, after a raid into Dutch [at the time French] Java, and is considered, even amongst the memoirs of the period, to be a somewhat rare account from an engineer officer - and one that fought in the service of Portugal. Battles such as Vittoria, the Nive and the Nivelle are recounted with an admirable eye for detail.

      Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter he transferred into the British army in Europe and then into the Portuguese service fighting in the Peninsula. He wrote his military memoirs in two volumes; each focussing on a period of his service in the military. The second volume concentrates on the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington, after a raid into Dutch [at the time French] Java, and is considered, even amongst the memoirs of the period, to be a somewhat rare account from an engineer officer - and one that fought in the service of Portugal. Battles such as Vittoria, the Nive and the Nivelle are recounted with an admirable eye for detail.

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