: The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War 1793-1815 by Mockler Ferryman A F Augustus Ferryman - Rice Samuel 1775-1840; Great Britain History 1789-1820

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STUDYING FOR THE ARMY. PAGE

Samuel Rice--Birth and parentage--Education--Sent to St Omer in 1792--French Revolution--Preparations for war--French hussars and their moustaches--Massacre of aristocrats--Expulsion of Jesuits--Founding of Stoneyhurst College--Duke of Brunswick's manifesto--Citizen Rice--French victories over Prussians and Austrians--Troublous times--Rice returns to England 1

ENSIGN OF THE 51ST.

THE ATTACK ON CORSICA.

Lieut.-Colonel John Moore--The British army in 1793--The officers--Moore interviews Admiral Lord Hood--England's position in the Mediterranean--Elba and Corsica--Horatio Nelson--Operations against St Fiorenzo--Origin of Martello towers--Operations against Bastia and against Calvi--Nelson loses an eye--Moore wounded--Rice's experiences--Surrender of Calvi--French driven from Corsica--Sickness among the troops 35

CORSICA WON AND LOST.

Taking over the island--The life of a subaltern--Garrison gaieties--The Viceroy of Corsica--Misunderstandings--Disease and deaths--The 51st garrisons Corte--Corsican regiments--Sea-fights--Disaffection among the Corsicans--Pascal Paoli and Sir Gilbert Elliott--Bastia--General rising in favour of the French--Hasty evacuation of Corsica by the British--The army takes refuge in Elba 56

FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO CEYLON.

The situation at Elba--News of Admiral Jervis's victory off Cape St Vincent--Evacuation of Elba--The 51st reaches Gibraltar--Moves to Lisbon--Napoleon's drastic methods--Position of Portugal--Rice a captain of light infantry--Naval warfare--Convoys--The 51st sails for the East Indies--Lands at the Cape of Good Hope--Arrives at Madras--Tippoo of Mysore--Prize-money and plunder--Ceylon--King of Kandy--A long and unfortunate war--Rice invalided--Affairs in Europe--The 51st returns to England 81

THE REFORM OF THE ARMY.

Sir John Moore's great work--His treatment of regimental officers--He trains a brigade for war--Shorncliffe Camp--Light troops--Their origin and history--Discipline--Intelligent code--Napoleon's proposed invasion of England--Nelson's victory at Trafalgar--Regimental life--Uniform of 1808--The beginning of the Peninsular War--Sir Arthur Wellesley--Vimiera--Occupation of Lisbon 102

THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN, AND AFTER.

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