Fighting Napoleon

The Recollections of Lieutenant John Hildebrand 35th Foot in the Mediterranean and Waterloo Campaigns

Gareth Glover

• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781473886865
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Napoleonic Wars
• Index: History

"These lively and entertaining memoirs provide an intriguing counterpoint to Wellington's better-known operations in the Iberian Peninsula" (Julian Stockwin, author of the Thomas Kydd series). It is often forgotten that Britain's struggle against Napoleon ranged across the continents, and the extensive operations of the Royal Navy and the British Army in the Mediterranean were key battlegrounds in this prolonged war of attrition. Even when Napoleon considered himself the master of Europe, he was unable to control the Mediterranean. Lt. John Hildebrand arrived in the Mediterranean as part of the garrison of Malta in 1810. He was then involved in the defense of the island of Sicily; the campaign to capture the Ionian Islands; the siege of Ragusa; and the Occupation of Corfu. With the war ending in 1814, John and his regiment returned home, only to be sent to Belgium when Napoleon escaped from Elba in 1815. The regiment was not involved at Waterloo, but was at Hal, where it guarded Wellington's flank during the battle. He then marched to Paris with the army. "Napoleonic students will enjoy this refreshingly different slant on Napoleonic warfare." —Stuart Asquith, author of Stuart Asquith's Wargaming 18th Century Battles "Essential reading for military historians and collectors of Napoleonic War era artifacts and militaria." — The Armourer Incorporating Classic Arms & Militaria

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Maps
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 John Hildebrand and his Family
• Chapter 2 Reporting for Duty
• Chapter 3 Passage to Malta
• Chapter 4 Malta 1810
• Chapter 5 Sicily 1810
• Chapter 6 The Ionian Islands 1811
• Chapter 7 Lissa 1812
• Chapter 8 Attack on Lagosta 1813
• Chapter 9 Commandant of Lagosta 1813
• Chapter 10 Ragusa Vecchia, 1813
• Chapter 11 The Blockade of Ragusa 1813-14
• Chapter 12 A Near Run Thing, 8-9 January 1814
• Chapter 13 Seeking Reinforcements
• Chapter 14 Ragusa Surrenders
• Chapter 15 Italy 1814
• Chapter 16 Corfu 1814
• Chapter 17 Belgium 1815
• Chapter 18 18 June 1815
• Chapter 19 Cambrai and Péronne
• Chapter 20 Paris
• Appendix I Forced Billet and Good Reception
• Appendix II Sleep in Water
• Appendix III In the Wood
• Appendix IV St Denis and Paris
• Appendix V The Garrison of Lissa
• Bibliography
• Plate section