The Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton
by Daniel Defoe
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About this eBook
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
- Title
- Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Gibbs and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 14436
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14436
- Release Date
- December 23, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE Military Memoirs
- 2.OF — Capt. George Carleton — FROM THE DUTCH WAR, 1672. In which he Serv'd, to the Conclusion of the Peace at UTRECHT, 1713. — Illustrating Some of the most Remarkable TRANSACTIONS, both by Sea and Land, during the Reigns of King Charles and King James II . hitherto unobserved by all the Writers of those times. Together with An exact Series of the War in Spain ; and a particular Description of the several Places of the Author's Residence in many Cities, Towns, and Countries; their Customs, Manners, &c . Also Observations on the Genius of the Spaniards (among whom he continued some Years a Prisoner) their Monasteries and Nunneries (especially that fine one at Montserat ) and on their publick Diversions; more particularly their famous BULL-FEASTS. — TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Spencer Lord Wilmington , — Knight of the Bath, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council . — TO THE READER — MEMOIRS OF AN English Officer, &c.
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