A boy in the Peninsular War : $b the services, adventures and experiences of Robert BlakeneyBlakeney, Robert
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A boy in the Peninsular War : $b the services, adventures and experiences of Robert Blakeney
Blakeney, Robert
Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, British
Blakeney, Robert, appointed to an ensigncy in the 28th Regiment, 1;
promoted, 2;
ordered to Exeter, 2;
at Colchester and Harwich, 6;
serves in the Danish campaign, 6-13;
ordered to Sweden, 14;
sails for the Peninsula, 17;
has a narrow escape, 97;
chased by a French patrol, 134;
his share of salvage-money, 139;
thanked in public orders, 140;
employed in carrying despatches, 141, 144, 146, 167;
Col. Browne promises to present him to Gen. Graham, 201;
wounded, 204;
recommended to Gen. Graham, 206;
goes to Cadiz, 206;
appointed to the command of a battalion company, 214;
ordered to take Prince d’Arenberg to Lisbon, 233;
joins his regiment at Albuquerque, 255;
gazetted to a company in the 36th Regiment, 255;
bids adieu to the 28th Regiment, 258;
goes to Lisbon, 281;
joins his regiment at Lewes, 285;
transferred to the battalion in the Peninsula, 286;
wounded at the battle of the Nivelle, 319;
travels in a hearse, 329, 330;
waits on Sir Henry Torrens, 331;
sets out for Paris, 333;
applies for a staff appointment in the army of Belgium, 336;
visits Brussels, 345;
copies of recommendations in his favour, 353-356;
has ophthalmia at Malta, 363;
married, 364;
retires from the army, 367, 368;
his services, 368, 369
Blakeney, Sir Edward, 243
Blood, Serg., 300
Bowes, Gen., 147, 148, 259;
wounded at Badajoz, 266
Bowles, Capt., 154, 164;
his company, 163
Bradby, Capt., 109
Bradley, Capt., 204
Bristol Channel, wrecks in the, 4
_Britannia_, the brig, 2
Browne, Major (afterwards Col.), 86, 129, 133, 135-137, 140, 146,
150, 151, 154-156, 158, 159, 167, 170, 206, 240, 258, 331;
appointed Lieut.-Gov. of Tarifa, 144;
employs the Tarifa Volunteers, 145;
ordered to attack Casa Vieja, 153;
ordered back to Tarifa, 160;
to occupy the western point of Barossa, 183-188;
at the battle of Barossa, 189-202
Bryan, Capt., 330
Buchan, Col., 244
Bunbury, Mr., 4.
Burke, Sir John, of Glenesk, 333
Burrard, Sir Harry, 20
Burrows, Capt., 2;
his incapacity, 3
Bury, Lord, 333-336
Busshe, Major, 226
Caceres, 215, 236
Cadell, Ensign Charles (afterwards Lieut.-Col.), 2, 84, 205
Cadiz, 152, 163, 167;
sortie from, 168, 169
Cadoval, Palace of the Duc de, 244
Calcabellos, 49, 51, 52, 54, 57;
encounter at, 58, 59
Calvert, Capt. (afterwards Lieut.-Col.), 42, 186, 191, 206
Cambarros, 47
Cameron, Capt., 103, 104;
his company, 102
Cameron, Col., 311
Campbell, Gen., 133, 137, 147, 149, 153, 169, 299
Campbell, Sir Guy, 150
Car, Dr., 326
Carlos d’Espana, Don, 297
Carrion, the, 33, 34, 35
Casa di Santillana, 215
Casa Vieja, Col. Browne to attack, 153, 154;
La Peña’s move towards, 177
Castanos, Gen., 235
Castello Branco, 279
Castletown, 329
Castro Gonzolo, destruction of the bridge of, 37, 41
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