Adventures In Holland And At Waterloo; And Expedition To Portugal
Thomas Knight
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ADVENTURES IN Holland and at Waterloo; AND EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL. PROCEEDINGS IN HOLLAND, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS GRAHAM, &c., &c. By Corporal Knight. MELBOURNE: R. BELL, PRINTER, 97 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST. 1870.
ADVENTURES IN Holland and at Waterloo; AND EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL. PROCEEDINGS IN HOLLAND, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS GRAHAM, &c., &c. By Corporal Knight. MELBOURNE: R. BELL, PRINTER, 97 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST. 1870.
About thirty-three years ago , Thomas Knight (the author of this work) published a very interesting account of his adventures. A few members of the Stock Exchange bore the principal portion of the expense of printing them. While attached to the Army in Portugal, he was in the same regiment as my brother, Major F. E. Ebsworth, and servant to him. FRED. EBSWORTH. Sydney, 11th March, 1867. My father was a cabinet maker at Frome, in Somersetshire. I was bound apprentice to a weaver, not liking such
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THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
On the 17th of June, 1815, the Duchess of Richmond gave a little tea entertainment at Brussels, with dancing in the programme, and for which latter purpose the Brussels’ carpets had to be taken up. A few hours previous to this eventful festivity, the commander of the British regulars had been taking pot luck with the Prince of Orange and Count Von Schwillensweiper, of the German embassy. Scarcely had the apples and nuts been placed upon the table, when an aide-de-camp, all stuccoed over with rur
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