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The Military Adventures of Charles O'neil: Who Was a Soldier in the Army of Lord Wellington During the Memorable Peninsular War and the Continental Campaigns From 1811 to 1815

BY Charles O'Neil

2019-03-06 23:04:03

The history of times and events, of men and their characters, must ever be replete with interest and instruction. Chronicles of the great and wise, the noble and the learned, are often presented to the world; and the military hero and chieftain finds ... Read more
The history of times and events, of men and their characters, must ever be replete with interest and instruction. Chronicles of the great and wise, the noble and the learned, are often presented to the world; and the military hero and chieftain finds everywhere his biographer. We read of campaigns that his mind has traced out, of battles which his plans have won; and we forget, in our admiration of his skill and power, those by whom the heroic deeds were done, the victory gained. Generals, says one author, “often calculate upon men as though they were blocks of wood, or movable machines.” Yet every one of these nameless soldiers has feelings as acutely alive to suffering and to honor as those who look upon them thus. Less

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File size750.992 KB
Print pages258
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1330042144
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Charles O'Neil
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Charles O'Neil was a soldier in the British Army of the early 19th century. Among the many accounts of the period, this volume is particularly rare having been published privately in the USA, whence O...

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