History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal EngineersConnolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
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History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers
Connolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Sappers and Miners
Wreck of ‘Queen’ transport; humanity of sergeant Mackenzie; 209
heroic exertions of private M‘Carthy—Quartermaster;
Brigade-Major—Santona; useful services of corporal
Hay—Bridge of Itzassu near Cambo-Orthes; conduct of
sergeant Stephens—Toulouse—Bridge of the Adour; duties of
the sappers—Flotilla to form the bridge—Casualties in
venturing the bar—Conduct of the corps in its
construction—Bayonne—Expedition to North America—Return to
England of certain companies from the Peninsula—Company to
Holland; its duties; bridge over the Maerk; Tholen; Fort
Frederick—March for Antwerp—Action at Merxam—Esprit de
corps—Coolness of sergeant Stevens and corporal
Milburn—Distribution; bridge-making—Surprise of
Bergen-op-Zoom—Conduct of the sappers, and casualties in
the operation—A mild Irish-man—Bravery of corporal
Creighton and private Lomas—South Beveland—Reinforcement
to the Netherlands—Review by the Emperor of Russia—School
for companies at Antwerp—Detachments in the Netherlands,
company at Tournai—Movements of the company in Italy and
Sicily—Expedition to Tuscany; party to Corfu—Canada;
distribution of company there, and its active
services—Reinforcement to Canada—Washington, Baltimore,
New Orleans—Notice of corporal Scrafield—Expedition to the
State of Maine
1815.
Siege of Fort Boyer—Alertness of company on passage to New 225
Orleans—Return of the sappers from North America—Services
and movements of companies in Canada—Also in Nova
Scotia—Captures of Martinique and Guadaloupe—Services and
movements of companies in Italy—Maltese sappers
disbanded—Pay of Sub-Lieutenants—Ypres—Increase to
sappers’ force in Holland; its duties and detachments;
notice of sergeant Purcell—Renewal of the war—Strength of
the corps sent to the Netherlands—Pontoneers—Battle of
Waterloo—Disastrous situation of a company in
retreating—General order about the alarm and the
stragglers—Sergeant-major Hilton at Brussels—Notice of
lance-corporal Donnelly—Exertions of another company in
pressing to the field—Organization of the engineer
establishment in France—Pontoon train—Magnitude of the
engineer establishment; hired drivers; Flemish
seamen—Assault of Peronne, valour of Sub-lieutenant
Stratton and lance-corporal Councill—Pontoon bridges on
the Seine—Conduct of corps during the campaign—Corporal
Coombs with the Prussian army—Usefulness of the sappers in
attending to the horses, &c., of the department in
France—Domiciliary visit to Montmartre
1816-1818.
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