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This memoir offers a detailed account of the life and military career of Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, one of Britain's most distinguished military commanders of the late 18th century. The author, James Abercromby Dunfermline, is a direct descendant of Abercromby and draws on family archives to provide an intimate portrait of this fascinating historical figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby K. B., 1793-1801: A Memoir by His Son The following Memoir of Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abereromby, was written by my Father during his residence at Colinton, after he had retired from official life. His reasons for undertaking this work, and the objects which he had in view in writing it, are so fully developed by himself in the Introductory Chapter, that all further explanations by me on these points would be superfluous. It may be right to observe, that although my Father, throughout this Narrative, has invariably given to my Grandfather the title of "Sir Ralph," by which he was most generally known, it was only on the 15th of July 1795, that the Order of the Bath, from which he derived it, was conferred upon him in acknowledgment of his services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Lt. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish soldier who served in the Seven Years' War, and the war with Revolutionary France. Intended for the Bar, he studied law at Leipzig in Germany, where he became entranced by the Generalship of Frederick the Great of Prussia. Giving up law for a Cornet's Commission in the Dragoon Guards, he learned his soldiering on the battlefields of the Seven Years' War. Disapproving of the conduct of the war against the American Colonies, he resigned from the Army, but rejoined on the outbreak of war with France. Given a Division under the disastrous command of the Duke of York, his conduct of the retreat in the Helder campaign was so skilful that he was knighted. Appointed to command forces in the West Indies, he added Trinidad and Tobago to Britain's colonies, but failed to wrest Puerto Rico from the Spanish. His next commands were in Ireland and Scotland, and in 1801 he was sent to 'dispossess' the French from Egypt. Landing successfully under heavy enemy fire at Aboukir Bay, however, Abercromby was mortally wounded at his subsequent victory over the French at Alexandria, dying aboard ship. This biography, written by one of the General's sons, is a full life of a popular and successful soldier.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.