A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar

by John Drinkwater

Overview

John Drinkwater was a seventeen-year-old private with the Royal Manchester Volunteers when the French and Spanish began their four-year siege of Gibraltar in 1779. An observant and highly intelligent youth, he recorded his impressions of the conflict in a detailed and very moving journal which he later revised and fashioned into a full-length book. Published in 1785 under the title of 'A History of the Siege of Gibraltar', it went through four editions in as many years and earned its author widespread admiration and a small fortune. This edition of Drinkwater's journal contains an original introduction and numerous explanatory footnotes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482746266
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/12/2013
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Dedication;
Preface;
Advertisement to the second edition;
Subscribers;
1. Historical account of Gibraltar;
2. Description of the garrison;
3. Communication between Gibraltar and Spain interrupted;
4. Spaniards renew the blockade of Gibraltar;
5. Admiral Darby, with the British Grand Fleet, relieves Gibraltar;
6. Spaniards prepare to re-establish the batteries destroyed by the sortie;
7. Two French officers discovered reconnoitring;
8. Captain Curtis visits the combined camp to establish a cartel;
Appendix.