Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Brigadier-General Koheler--Death of Sir Richard Fletcher--A disappointed dinner-party--Anxiety for active service--Ordered to Gibraltar. Fletcher and myself frequently visited the works then executing at Cumberland Fort, and in the Isle of Wight, Fort Monckton, Blockhouse Fort, &c. Upon one of these occasions, he gave me many very interesting details of the conduct of Brigadier-General Koheler of the Royal Artillery, who was the chief of a mission sent to Constantinople in 1799, and whom Fletcher had served as Major of Brigade. They were of interest to me, not only because Koheler was an old and intimate friend, but because he had made every effort in his power to induce the Inspector-General of Fortifications to order me to join him as his Major of Brigade, with which General Morse did not comply, in consequence of my being at that time employed as an engineer in Canada. When this mission proceeded by land to Constantinople, and thence round the eastern extremity of the Mediterranean through Syria, in order to join the British army under 'Sir Ralph Abercrombie in Egypt, the greater portion of Asiatic Turkey had thrown off its allegiance to the Sultan, so that in most instances on exhibiting the Sultan's firman, commanding the local authorities to furnish such horses as the mission might require, the functionaries treated the application with derision. On one of these occasions, Koheler, turning to his companions, said: " Gentlemen, follow me," and instantly rushed into the stables, when, seizing the horse that suited his taste, he saddled it, whilst his servant, a handsome mulatto named King, followed his example. In this manner the whole of the party helped themselves, instantly mounted, and without delay started at a full canter, totally ...
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