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The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. I of II

The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. I of II

by William Maginn

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Author
Maginn, William, 1793-1842
Title
The Military Sketch-Book. Vol. 1 (of 2) Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, Quentin Campbell, The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Bushrangers
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58449
Release Date
December 10, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.FIRST WEEK IN THE SERVICE.
  4. 4.THE SOLDIER'S ORPHAN.
  5. 5.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. I.
  6. 6.OLD CHARLEY.
  7. 7.MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. I.
  8. 8.A DAUGHTER OF OSSIAN.
  9. 9.THE MULETEER.
  10. 10.RATIONS, OR ELSE!
  11. 11.INFERNAL DUTY.
  12. 12.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. II.
  13. 13.THE FATE OF YOUNG GORE.
  14. 14.RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WALCHEREN EXPEDITION.
  15. 15.JOURNAL OF A CAMPAIGN AT THE HORSE-GUARDS.
  16. 16.MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. II.
  17. 17.GERAGHTY'S KICK.
  18. 18.DUELLING IN THE SERVICE.
  19. 19.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. III.
  20. 20.THE BISCUIT.
  21. 21.THE BATTLE OF THE GRINDERS.
  22. 22.A ROUGH PASSAGE TO PORTUGAL:
  23. 23.FOOTNOTES:

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