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The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on…

AuthorSmith, Harry George Wakelyn, Sir, 1788-1860EditorSmith, G. C. Moore (George Charles Moore), 1858-1940Title The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.B. Note Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Credits Produced by David Edwards, MWS, Bess Richfield and the
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available by The Internet Archive) Summary "The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal" is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work documents the life and military career of Sir Harry Smith, a notable soldier whose experiences span significant military engagements across Europe, Africa, and India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It offers insights into his personal journey, tragedies, triumphs, and the historical events he directly pa
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The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. By Liuetenant-General SirHarry George WakelynSmith, 1788-1860. Edited by G. C. Moore (George Charles Moore)Smith, 1858-1940. With contributions from Juana María de los Delores de LeónSmith, 1798-1872. London: John Murray, 1903. Two volumes in one, covering all of Smith's life.

A Celebration of Women Writers

To Juana Smith, whose charm and grace shine throughout her husband's memoirs.

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
SIR HARRY SMITH
BART, G.C.B.

FIRST EDITION (2 vols.) December, 1901.
ReprintedJanuary, 1902.
ReprintedFebruary, 1902.
ReprintedApril, 1902.
ONE VOL. EDITION September, 1902.

 

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
SIR HARRY SMITH
BARONET OF ALIWAL ON THE SUTLEJ
G.C.B.

 

EDITED
WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS
BY G. C. MOORE SMITH, M.A.

 

WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1903

PRINTED BY
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Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith

Recalling, in his autobiography, one of his more acidulated retorts to a senior officer who had asked a somewhat obvious question, Harry Smith wrote, ‘We Light Division gentlemen were proper saucy fellows.’ And so they were; but they were some of the finest soldiers that the British army ever put into the field. This school of military precision, initiative and élan, inspired and led by men such as Coote Manningham, Stewart, Moore and Craufurd, close-knit by active service and tempered by danger and discipline, formed the background to Sir Harry Smith’s life.

He was born at Whittlesey on June 28th, 1787, the fifth surviving child of John and Eleanor Smith. He received his education from the curate of the parish, in a part of the local church that in 1862 was converted into his memorial chapel. In May 1805 Smith was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 95th (Rifles) Regiment, and four months later his father was able to buy him a subaltern’s vacancy on his joining the newly raised 2nd battalion of the regiment.

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