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Excerpt from The History of General Sir Charles Napier's Conquest of ScindeIn Cephalonia, where he long governed, his true tendencies were developed. For there he furrowed the lofty mountains with roads, in skilful contrivance equal, in greatness scarcely inferior to that of Mount Cenis. There he improved and adorned the harbour with fine quays, and light-houses of beautiful construction, created fisheries, and advanced agri culture. There he ...

Excerpt from The Conquest of Scinde: With Some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier, Dedicated to the British PeopleDuring his forced retirement from military life, he added several works to his country's literature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Fo...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Conquest of Scinde, With Some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier, Vol. 1: Dedicated to the British PeopleTo the British people who still honour a bold stroke in war, this brief record of a glorious exploit is dedicated. The conquest belongs to the nation, so does the conqueror, and to the people's keeping his fame is committed: they will not fail towards a general whose heroic resolutio...

Excerpt from A Reply to Various Opponents: Particularly to "Strictures on Colonel Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula, " Together With Observations Illustrating Sir John Moore's CampaignsColonel Sorrel corrects me for saying that sir D. Baird retreated to villa-franca without orders. And also Page 27. For saying stores were destroyed at Astorga. P. 28.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 4: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814It is not permitted to a man to discover ill-humour at the expressions of a lady, yet when those expressions are dishonouring to him, and that reputation and talents are joined to beauty to give them a wide circula tion, it would indicate insensibility to leave them unnoticed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundr...

Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, Vol. 1For six years the Peninsula was devastated by the war of independence. The blood of France, Germany, England, Portugal, and Spain, was shed in the con test, and in each of those countries, authors, desirous of recording the sufferings, or celebrating the valour of their countrymen, have written largely touching that fierce st...

Excerpt from The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, Vol. 1 of 4When he could but just speak, hearing for the first time the caw of a single crow, probably a melancholy one which infancy could detect, he stretched forth his little hands, and weeping exclaimed with broken infantine accents What matta poor bird? What matta? And only by repeated assurances that the bird was not unhappy could he be pacified.About the PublisherFo...