Project Gutenberg 2011-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 64 Brenton, E. B. 06038088 Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of His Services in the Canadas, Including a Reply to the Strictures on His Military Character, Contained in an Article in the Quarterly Review Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart." is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book seeks to document the life and military service of Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, focusing particularly on his contributions in the Canadas and addressing critiques of his military character stemming from an article in the Quarterly Review. This work aims to correct misstatements regarding Prevost's conduct, portraying him as a capable leader with considerable achievements. At the start of the account, the author discusses the public perception and scrutiny faced by military leaders, especially during times of failure. The narrative outlines the distinguished career of Sir George Prevost, highlighting his dedication to the British military over thirty-five years and detailing the strong sentiments from his friends and family regarding attempts to discredit him posthumously. The opening emphasizes the need to address recent disparaging remarks in a review, setting the stage for an in-depth examination of Prevost’s professional history and the context in which he operated, particularly amid tensions with the American forces in the early 1800s. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- War of 1812 Prevost, George, 1767-1816 E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 526085 526090 2024-09-16T04:22:17.735013 2023-09-16T10:52:13.628483 text/html text/html 532069 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167194 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245028 2024-09-16T04:22:26.750018 application/epub+zip 248173 2024-09-16T04:22:20.083048 application/epub+zip 248173 2024-09-16T04:22:18.769007 application/epub+zip 559024 2024-09-16T04:22:31.281954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533572 2024-09-16T04:22:25.572064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361976 2022-09-17T09:02:07.006479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473000 472766 2024-09-16T04:22:16.608021 2023-09-16T10:52:12.588482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 472841 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 156368 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472835 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156117 2011-10-09T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20055 2024-09-16T04:22:31.425942 application/rdf+xml 24191 2024-09-16T04:22:19.149055 image/jpeg 4327 2024-09-16T04:22:18.955002 image/jpeg 230980 2024-09-16T04:22:17.774088 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog