Defence of Major General Proctor, Tried at Montreal: By a General Court Martial, Upon Charges Affecting His Character as a Soldier (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Proctor, Proctor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331743353 ISBN 13: 9780331743357

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Defence of Major General Proctor, Tried at Montreal: By a General Court Martial, Upon Charges Affecting His Character as a Soldier

That the said Major General Proctor, being in trusted with the Right Division of the Army serving in the Canadas, and the retreat of the said Division from the western parts of Upper Canada having become unavoidable, from the loss of the Fleet on Lake Erie, on the l0th September, 1813, did not immediately after the loss of the said Fleet was known by him, make the military arrangements best calculated for promptly effecting such retreat, and unnecessarily delayed to commence the same until the evening of the 27th of the said month, on which day the enemy had landed in considerable force within a short distance of Sandwich, the Head Quarters of the said Division;-such conduct on the palt of the said Major General Proctor endan gering the safety of the t100ps under his command, by exposing them to be attacked by a force far su~ perior to them, being contrary to his duty as an offi cer, prejudicial to good order and military discipline, and contrary to the Articles of War.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0331743353
• ISBN 13: 9780331743357
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 48
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