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Barracks, Bivouacs and Battles

ByArchibald Forbes

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Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Archibald Forbes (17 April 1838 – 30 March 1900) was a British war correspondent.He was the son of Lewis William Forbes, D.D. (died 1854), minister of Boharm, Banffshire, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Young Leslie of Kininvie. He was born in Morayshire in 1838.After studying at the university of Aberdeen from 1854 to 1857, he went to Edinburgh, and after hearing a course of lectures by (Sir) William Howard Russell, the famous correspondent, he enlisted in the Royal Dragoons. While still a trooper he began writing for the Morning Star, and succeeded in getting several papers on military subjects accepted by the Cornhill Magazine.On leaving the army in 1867, he started and ran with very little external aid a weekly journal called the London Scotsman (1867–71). Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Forbes

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Publication Date
Jun 7, 2016
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Archibald Forbes

Specifications

Pages
212
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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