Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...died 29th August, 1813, Aged 55 years. He seems to have married here, and died quietly in his bed. Another is as follows: --To tht Memory of ISIDORE DE VAUDREUIL, Of the Regiment of Loyal Emigrants, Brave and Good, Lamented by all those who knew him. He was drowned while bathing with his Friends, The 7th of August, 1796, AGED 22 YEARS. There is also this one, which records a member of the family of Count de Soulange, one of the principal leaders and victims of the Quiberon expedition: --Sacred To the Memory of AMARANTE EMILIE DE SOULANGE, The Wife of CAPT. CHARLES DE MENARD, Died in child-bed, on the 19th of June, 1798, In the 28th year of her age. Heu! Lumina, flete diu! On the stone, the name is Vendesal; but in the Parish Register it is clearly (and more accurately) written Vaudreuil. T retained its convenient position on the Channel Coast, the gap was at once filled up; and it was fixed on as a military dep6t for a miscellaneous body of soldiers, the debris of various armies and troops that had fought on the Continent, particularly in Holland and the North of France. They were a more miscellaneous and rough assemblage of men--common soldiers only: --"The camp their home, their law the sword, They knew no country, owned no lord." Their behaviour was as their position in life: they were a turbulent and unruly set of men. Duels among the officers were not unfrequent; crimes of violence (among the men) were but little thought of: they had long been accustomed to warfare and scenes of blood. Flogging was continually going on at the barrack yard in Church Lane: six or more of a morning was a common and ordinary occurrence. Two rival bodies once turned out (as I have been informed) with fixed bayonets, in Broad Lane, where the parades...