Friday, 27 February 2015
French and Indian war figures
HANNAH SNELL
THE
Female Soldier;
Or, The Surprising
LIFE and ADVENTURES
OF
HANNAH SNELL,
Born in the City of Worcester,
Female Soldier;
Or, The Surprising
LIFE and ADVENTURES
OF
HANNAH SNELL,
Born in the City of Worcester,
Who took upon herself the Name of James Gray; and, being deserted
by her Husband, put on Mens Apparel, and travelled to Coventry in
quest of him, where she enlisted in Col. Guise’s Regiment of Foot,
and marched with that Regiment to Carlisle, in the Time of the
Rebellion in Scotland; shewing what happened to her in that City,
and her Desertion from that Regiment.
ALSO
A Full and True Account of her enlisting afterwards into Fraser’s
Regiment of Marines, then at Portsmouth; and her being draughted
out of that Regiment, and sent on board the Swallow Sloop of War,
one of Admiral Boscawen’s Squadron, then bound for the
East-Indies. With the many Vicissitudes of Fortune she met with
during that Expedition, particularly at the Siege of Pondicherry,
where she received Twelve Wounds. Likewise, the surprising Accident
by which she came to hear of the Death of her faithless Husband, who
she went in quest of.
TOGETHER
With an Account of what happened to her in the Voyage to England,
in the Eltham Man of War. The whole containing the most surprizing
Incidents that have happened in any preceeding Age; wherein is laid
open all her Adventures, in Mens Cloaths, for near five Years,
without her Sex being ever discovered.
LONDON:
Printed for, and Sold by R. Walker, the Corner of Elliot’s-Court,
in the Little Old-Bailey. 1750. Price One Shilling.
Read it herePrinted for, and Sold by R. Walker, the Corner of Elliot’s-Court,
in the Little Old-Bailey. 1750. Price One Shilling.
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Esprit de Corps Living History Group
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
A pair of Redcoat paintings from the National Army Museum
Lady Johnstone, Wife of the Governor of Menorca, Accompanied by
Officers of the 25th Regiment of Foot and the Royal Navy, and a Naval
Seaman
Lady Louisa Lennox with Her Husband’s Regiment, 25th Regiment of
Foot (with Lord George Lennox beside her, and Fort St Philip, Port
Mahon, in the background)
Monday, 23 February 2015
Baron Von Steuben
As today is the anniversary of Steuben's arrival at Valley Forge here's a clip which shows his influence.
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