Project Gutenberg 2015-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 85 Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) 1856 1930 Mockler-Ferryman, Augustus Ferryman 13013549 The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815 Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815" by Lieut.-Col. A. F. Mockler-Ferryman is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work compiles the correspondence and experiences of Colonel Samuel Rice, a regimental officer serving in the British Army during a tumultuous period marked by the Napoleonic Wars. The author aims to provide insights not only into Rice's personal journey but also into the lives of ordinary regimental officers who contributed significantly to the British military efforts of the time but were often overshadowed by their more famous counterparts. At the start of the account, the reader is introduced to Samuel Rice, who is sent to St Omer to study just before the onset of the French Revolution. Mockler-Ferryman lays out the historical context, highlighting the political turmoil in France and its implications for Britain. The author shares Rice's observations of the changing landscape around him, reflecting on the tension and uncertainty that characterized the period. Subsequently, Rice is commissioned as an ensign in the 51st Regiment and begins his service amidst the challenges of military life, dealing with hardships on transport ships, the nature of regimental duty, and the implications of the purchase system of commissions. This beginning effectively sets the stage for an exploration of Rice's military career against the backdrop of the Great War, showcasing how even lesser-known figures played crucial roles in shaping British military history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Rice, Samuel, 1775-1840 Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820 DA Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 1000887 1000394 2024-10-20T08:05:31.812858 2023-09-21T04:57:24.823023 text/html text/html 972076 2015-02-20T15:02:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 360672 2015-02-20T15:02:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 394067 2024-10-20T08:05:56.288674 application/epub+zip 411615 2024-10-20T08:05:37.221755 application/epub+zip 411615 2024-10-20T08:05:34.356788 application/epub+zip 719813 2024-10-20T08:06:07.468615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 666779 2024-10-20T08:05:52.333667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 666807 2022-09-21T20:45:20.838092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 736064 735843 2024-10-20T08:05:28.057885 2023-09-21T04:57:21.666037 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 736295 2015-02-20T15:02:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 269018 2015-02-20T15:02:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20177 2024-10-20T08:06:07.810611 application/rdf+xml 11906 2024-10-20T08:05:34.616794 image/jpeg 2180 2024-10-20T08:05:34.487765 image/jpeg 365951 2024-10-20T08:05:31.886765 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