Stirling, James, Captain, 42nd Royal Highlanders, fl 1808-1813
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`Continuation of Memoirs of Campaigns on the Peninsula from 1st December 1812 to 11th November 1813. By Captain James Stirling of the 42nd Regiment Royal Highlanders.`, 1812-1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.23631
Scope and Contents
The volume includes four pages of sketches depicting the native Spaniards and their dress. Also included, at the back of the volume, is a list of the places visited and cumulative totals of the distances traveled by the army during its deployment in this period.
Dates:
1812-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns in Spain, 1808, Netherlands, 1809, and the Peninsular War, 1812-1813.
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Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns on the Peninsula.
Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns in Spain, 1808, Netherlands, 1809, and the Peninsular War, 1812-1813.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23629-23631
Dates:
1808-1813.
Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns on the Peninsula., 1812-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23630-23631
Scope and Contents
The memoirs record James Stirling`s involvement in the Peninsular War campaign in Spain from 1 April 1812 to 11 November 1813. Included are descriptions of the towns and villages visited during the campaign, and details of British army troop movements.
Also included at the back of both volumes are lists of the places visited and cumulative totals of the distances travelled by the army during its deployment.
Dates:
1812-1813.
`Memoirs, of [Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of] campaigns on the Peninsula from 1st April 1812`., 1812.
Item
Identifier: MS.23630
Scope and Contents
The volume contains an account of the Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812, and a detailed description of 42nd Royal Highlanders stationing in Valladolid.Contained at the start of the memoirs is a map of Spain and Portugal highlighting geographical regions, and an engraving of the Duke of Wellington.There are four pages of sketches contained in the volume depicting the native Spaniards and their dress. Included at the back of the volume is a list of the...
Dates:
1812.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns in Spain, 1808, Netherlands, 1809, and the Peninsular War, 1812-1813.
/
Memoirs of Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of campaigns on the Peninsula.
`Memoirs of [Captain James Stirling, 42nd Royal Highlanders, of the] campaigns of 1808 in Spain under Lieut General Sir John Moore, and of 1809, in the Islands of Zealand. Holland.`, 1808-1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.23629
Scope and Contents
James Stirling served during the 1808 Spanish campaign under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, culminating in the battle of Coruña, 1809. The memoirs start on 12 August 1808 and end on 23 January 1811 when the army returns to Spithead, England.The memoirs also contain an account of Stirling`s deployment to the Islands of Zeeland, Netherlands, during the Walcheren campaign which begins in June 1809 and ends in 1810 when the 42nd Royal Highlanders were brought home...
Dates:
1808-1811.
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- Archival Object 4
- Browse Resources 2
- Subject
- Memoirs. 5
- Peninsular War (1807-1814). 4
- Portugal. Europe. Nation. Longitude: -8.0000. Latitude: 39.5000. 4
- Lists. 3
- Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
- Netherlands. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 5.7500. Latitude: 52.5000. 2
- Valladolid. Europe - Spain - Castilla y León - Valladolid. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.7500. Latitude: 41.6500. 2
- A Coruña (inhabited place). Spain - Galicia - Coruña, A . Longitude: -8.3833. Latitude: 43.3667. 1
- France. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 2.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 1
- Low Countries. Europe. General region. 1
- Musselburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - East Lothian. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.0500. Latitude: 55.9333. 1
- Portraits 1
- Salamanca. Europe - Spain - Castilla y León - Salamanca. Inhabited place. 1
- Sketches 1
- Spithead. Europe - England - Hampshire. Headland. Longitude: -1.1333. Latitude: 50.7500. 1
- Travel journals 1 + ∧ less
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