FOOTNOTES1Malta.2Captain Lefebure, R.E.3Captain Lefebure, R.E.4The sight of our Westminster Bridge greatly astonished one of the Sicilian servants on our return to England. “Cospetto,” he exclaimed, “and they pretend they could not make a bridge over the Giarreta!”5Not unlike the Portland stone.6“Don’t fire! don’t fire! With the bayonet! with the bayonet!”7Yesterday I met Sir Sidney Smith upon the field, and he asked me to dinner on board.8Calabria.9Captain Lefebure, R.E.10Captain Lefebure was killed at the assault on Matagorda, near Cadiz, in 1810.11I saw these despatches.—Charles Boothby.12Lieutenant Edward Gould, a great friend.13Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily.14Lieutenant Edward Gould, R.E.15It may interest the reader to know that the Sir Brooke Boothby here mentioned was the father of Penelope Boothby (whose portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is so well known). She was his only child, and died when six years old, in the year 1791.16Gustavus IV.17This hasty summons meant that he was to proceed at onceviaYstad and Helsingborg to England to rejoin Sir John Moore.18The editor has seen precisely the same effect before sunrise in Scotland, over the Ochils near Crieff.19Sir Henry Dalrymple.20The horse recently purchased.21Afterwards General Sir John Burgoyne.22A few miles south of Sanagun.23Mulcaster.24Guard or watchman.25Appendix.26It was by his father’s desire that Captain Charles Boothby entered the Army instead of preparing for Holy Orders, and this intensified the anguish in parting with his son throughout the war, as was often stated by Captain C. Boothby in later years.27Said to be the proudest man in France.28SeeAppendix.29The continuation of the Journals of Captain Charles Boothby will be found inA Prisoner of France, already published by Messrs. A. and C. Black.30Written to a French General at Reggio.31Written off the coast of Sweden.32Extract from theNarrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency General Sir John Moore, K.B., etc., etc., etc. By James Moore, Esq. Published 1809.33French army over 20,000.34British army about 15,000.
FOOTNOTES1Malta.2Captain Lefebure, R.E.3Captain Lefebure, R.E.4The sight of our Westminster Bridge greatly astonished one of the Sicilian servants on our return to England. “Cospetto,” he exclaimed, “and they pretend they could not make a bridge over the Giarreta!”5Not unlike the Portland stone.6“Don’t fire! don’t fire! With the bayonet! with the bayonet!”7Yesterday I met Sir Sidney Smith upon the field, and he asked me to dinner on board.8Calabria.9Captain Lefebure, R.E.10Captain Lefebure was killed at the assault on Matagorda, near Cadiz, in 1810.11I saw these despatches.—Charles Boothby.12Lieutenant Edward Gould, a great friend.13Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily.14Lieutenant Edward Gould, R.E.15It may interest the reader to know that the Sir Brooke Boothby here mentioned was the father of Penelope Boothby (whose portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is so well known). She was his only child, and died when six years old, in the year 1791.16Gustavus IV.17This hasty summons meant that he was to proceed at onceviaYstad and Helsingborg to England to rejoin Sir John Moore.18The editor has seen precisely the same effect before sunrise in Scotland, over the Ochils near Crieff.19Sir Henry Dalrymple.20The horse recently purchased.21Afterwards General Sir John Burgoyne.22A few miles south of Sanagun.23Mulcaster.24Guard or watchman.25Appendix.26It was by his father’s desire that Captain Charles Boothby entered the Army instead of preparing for Holy Orders, and this intensified the anguish in parting with his son throughout the war, as was often stated by Captain C. Boothby in later years.27Said to be the proudest man in France.28SeeAppendix.29The continuation of the Journals of Captain Charles Boothby will be found inA Prisoner of France, already published by Messrs. A. and C. Black.30Written to a French General at Reggio.31Written off the coast of Sweden.32Extract from theNarrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency General Sir John Moore, K.B., etc., etc., etc. By James Moore, Esq. Published 1809.33French army over 20,000.34British army about 15,000.
1Malta.
1Malta.
2Captain Lefebure, R.E.
2Captain Lefebure, R.E.
3Captain Lefebure, R.E.
3Captain Lefebure, R.E.
4The sight of our Westminster Bridge greatly astonished one of the Sicilian servants on our return to England. “Cospetto,” he exclaimed, “and they pretend they could not make a bridge over the Giarreta!”
4The sight of our Westminster Bridge greatly astonished one of the Sicilian servants on our return to England. “Cospetto,” he exclaimed, “and they pretend they could not make a bridge over the Giarreta!”
5Not unlike the Portland stone.
5Not unlike the Portland stone.
6“Don’t fire! don’t fire! With the bayonet! with the bayonet!”
6“Don’t fire! don’t fire! With the bayonet! with the bayonet!”
7Yesterday I met Sir Sidney Smith upon the field, and he asked me to dinner on board.
7Yesterday I met Sir Sidney Smith upon the field, and he asked me to dinner on board.
8Calabria.
8Calabria.
9Captain Lefebure, R.E.
9Captain Lefebure, R.E.
10Captain Lefebure was killed at the assault on Matagorda, near Cadiz, in 1810.
10Captain Lefebure was killed at the assault on Matagorda, near Cadiz, in 1810.
11I saw these despatches.—Charles Boothby.
11I saw these despatches.—Charles Boothby.
12Lieutenant Edward Gould, a great friend.
12Lieutenant Edward Gould, a great friend.
13Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily.
13Augusta, on the east coast of Sicily.
14Lieutenant Edward Gould, R.E.
14Lieutenant Edward Gould, R.E.
15It may interest the reader to know that the Sir Brooke Boothby here mentioned was the father of Penelope Boothby (whose portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is so well known). She was his only child, and died when six years old, in the year 1791.
15It may interest the reader to know that the Sir Brooke Boothby here mentioned was the father of Penelope Boothby (whose portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds is so well known). She was his only child, and died when six years old, in the year 1791.
16Gustavus IV.
16Gustavus IV.
17This hasty summons meant that he was to proceed at onceviaYstad and Helsingborg to England to rejoin Sir John Moore.
17This hasty summons meant that he was to proceed at onceviaYstad and Helsingborg to England to rejoin Sir John Moore.
18The editor has seen precisely the same effect before sunrise in Scotland, over the Ochils near Crieff.
18The editor has seen precisely the same effect before sunrise in Scotland, over the Ochils near Crieff.
19Sir Henry Dalrymple.
19Sir Henry Dalrymple.
20The horse recently purchased.
20The horse recently purchased.
21Afterwards General Sir John Burgoyne.
21Afterwards General Sir John Burgoyne.
22A few miles south of Sanagun.
22A few miles south of Sanagun.
23Mulcaster.
23Mulcaster.
24Guard or watchman.
24Guard or watchman.
25Appendix.
25Appendix.
26It was by his father’s desire that Captain Charles Boothby entered the Army instead of preparing for Holy Orders, and this intensified the anguish in parting with his son throughout the war, as was often stated by Captain C. Boothby in later years.
26It was by his father’s desire that Captain Charles Boothby entered the Army instead of preparing for Holy Orders, and this intensified the anguish in parting with his son throughout the war, as was often stated by Captain C. Boothby in later years.
27Said to be the proudest man in France.
27Said to be the proudest man in France.
28SeeAppendix.
28SeeAppendix.
29The continuation of the Journals of Captain Charles Boothby will be found inA Prisoner of France, already published by Messrs. A. and C. Black.
29The continuation of the Journals of Captain Charles Boothby will be found inA Prisoner of France, already published by Messrs. A. and C. Black.
30Written to a French General at Reggio.
30Written to a French General at Reggio.
31Written off the coast of Sweden.
31Written off the coast of Sweden.
32Extract from theNarrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency General Sir John Moore, K.B., etc., etc., etc. By James Moore, Esq. Published 1809.
32Extract from theNarrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency General Sir John Moore, K.B., etc., etc., etc. By James Moore, Esq. Published 1809.
33French army over 20,000.
33French army over 20,000.
34British army about 15,000.
34British army about 15,000.