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The Story of a Soldier's Life
Author: Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount)Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 415
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"Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley ... (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (1873–1874) and the Nile Expedition against Mahdist Sudan in 1884–85. His reputation for efficiency led to the late 19th-century English phrase "everything's all Sir Garnet", meaning "all is in order ... In 1865, he became a brevet colonel, was actively employed the following year in connexion with the Fenian raids from the United States, and in 1867 was appointed deputy quartermaster-general in Canada ... In 1870, he successfully commanded the Red River Expedition to establish Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. Manitoba had entered Canadian Confederation as the result of negotiations between Canada and a provisional Métis government headed by Louis Riel. The only route to Fort Garry (now Winnipeg), the capital of Manitoba (then an outpost in the Wilderness), which did not pass through the United States was through a network of rivers and lakes extending for six-hundred miles from Lake Superior, infrequently traversed by non-aboriginals, and where no supplies were obtainable..."--Wikipedia, Oct.13/2011.
All Sir Garnet
Author: Joseph H. LehmannPublisher:
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Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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"Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 ? 25 March 1913) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely throughout Africa ? including his Ashanti campaign (1873?1874) and the Nile Expedition against Mahdist Sudan in 1884-85. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1895 to 1900. His reputation for efficiency led to the late 19th-century English phrase "everything's all Sir Garnet", meaning "all is in order.""--Wikipedia.
A Story of a Soldier's Life, by Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley
Author: Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount)Publisher:
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The Story of a Soldier's Life
Author: Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount)Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 781
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The Story of a Soldier's Life
Author: Viscount WolseleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781462294770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1903 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. All foldouts have been masterfully reprinted in their original form. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount. The Story of A Soldier's Life, Volume 2. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount. The Story of A Soldier's Life, Volume 2. New York: Scribner, 1903.
The Story of a Soldier's Life, Volume 1
Author: Viscount Garnet Wolseley WolseleyPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781296559298
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Languages : en
Pages : 418
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The Story of a Soldier's Life
Author: Garnet Wolseley WolseleyPublisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458906816
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Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV Go to the Crimea ? Join the Light Division, SOON after my arrival in England I obtained my lieutenancy, and was transferred in that rank to the 9oth Light Infantry. I joined it in Dublin, and there learnt a little drill, of which I had been previously profoundly ignorant. Our colonel was a handsome fine-looking old soldier, but in no respect a scientific warrior. He was a Staffordshire man, and heir to a property that had been in his family for many centuries. We were not anxious to retain him, but neither of the majors was thought to be good enough for the command of such a regiment. One of our majors left and was replaced by a first-rate soldier, who although he knew nothing of light infantry manoeuvres as practised in those days, and could never drill us, was a real soldier, and a credit to us and to the Army. Three years afterwards, as Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, he met a soldier's death when gallantly and ably leading the battalion at General Havelock's great Relief of Lucknow. To those who only know our Army as it exists now, it may be interesting to hear something of our musketry practice before the Crimean War. When in Dublin we fired by companies, a fixed number of rounds per man annually, on the space left uncovered at Sandymount during low tide. The range was, I think, 100 yards, and the target about six feet high by two and a half wide, was of white calico, stretched over an iron framework. The men, especially the recruits, hated firing old Brown Bess, which kicked horribly, and which, unless pressed very firmly against the shoulder, always threw the muzzle up when fired. In the early spring of 1854 the new Minie rifle was given to us. Months were spent in teaching the men how to aim with it, and we were ordered to send an officer to o...
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Author: Stephen ManningPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1399072471
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was an eminent Victorian, one of a handful of late nineteenth-century military men whose reputation transcends his age. He served the British empire in Burma, India, China, the Crimea, Canada, Asante, Egypt, South Africa and the Sudan. He excelled as a regimental soldier, staff officer, army commander and reformer and eventually commander-in-chief. Yet there has been no substantial work on Wolseley for a generation and a reassessment based upon a fresh look at the man and his achievements is long overdue. That is why Stephen Mannings perceptive military biography, which sets Wolseley firmly in the context of his period and seeks to strip away the legend that developed during his lifetime, is so timely and important. Each of Wolseleys campaigns is examined in vivid detail and there are graphic descriptions of the major battles in which he took part, either as an officer or a general. His performance as a commander, from his great success during the expedition against the Asante to his failure to rescue Gordon from Khartoum, is critically assessed to see if he deserves his brilliant reputation. His efforts as an army reformer are examined too, in particular whether he could have done more to prepare Britain for war against the Boers. Stephen Mannings incisive account of Wolseleys career will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the British army in the nineteenth century, in colonial warfare and in the exploits of one of Queen Victorias most admired generals.