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THE PENINSULAR JOURNAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BENJAMIN D'URBAN.

THE PENINSULAR JOURNAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BENJAMIN D'URBAN.

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THE PENINSULAR JOURNAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BENJAMIN D'URBAN.

by ROUSSEAU. (I. J.)

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Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Military Guelphic Order, Knight Commander of the Antient and Most Noble Order of the Tower and Sword, Major-General in the Portuguese Service, Colonel in the Spanish Army. Later Governor of Antigua, Montserrat and Barbuda; of Demarara and Essequibo (afterwards with Berbice, British Guiana); and of the Cape of Good Hope; and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Canada.

1808 - 1817

Edited, with an introduction, by ..., M. A. New College, Oxford. Department of History, Rhodes University College (University of South Africa) Grahamstown. With Illustrations and Maps.

Longmans, Green and co. London, New York and Toronto. 1930.

De 23x15 cm. Com 355 págs. Encadernação em percalina azul.

Ilustrado com retrato litográfico de Sir Benjamin D"Urban e com um plano da Batalha de Albuera desdobrável.

Exemplar com ex-libris armoriado.

 D´Urban juntou-se ao exército britânico em 1793 com a idade de dezasseis anos. Fez um rápido progresso no Exército e distinguiu-se na Guerra Peninsular. Destacado para serviço no Exército Português, foi intendente geral e chefe do estado-maior de William Carr Beresford. Foi-lhe atribuído o comando de uma brigada de cavalaria portuguesa consistindo nos 1º, 11º e 12º Regimentos de Cavalaria e servindo em todos os principais cercos e batalhas com especial relevo para a Batalha de Salamanca. Foi agraciado com grandes honras incluindo Cavaleiro da Grande Cruz da Ordem do Banho, Cavaleiro Comandante da Real Ordem Guelfica e Comendador da Ordem Portuguesa da Torre e Espada. Recebeu a Cruz de Ouro do Exército e cinco outras condecorações pela participação nas batalhas de Bussaco, Albuera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vitoria, Pirinéus, Nivelle, Nive, e Toulouse.

Enveredou depois pela diplomacia em 1819 e foi sucessivamente governador de Antigua, Guiana Inglesa e Colónia britânica do Cabo. Na África do Sul participou nas guerras fronteiriças do Cabo, onde repeliu as investidas dos Xhosa, anexando territórios e ocupando o Natal tornando-o mais uma colónia britânica. Para comemoração o principal porto local foi renomeado em sua honra dando origem à cidade de Durban. Em 1847 aceitou o posto de Comandante das forças de Sua Majestade na América do Norte Britânica perto de Montreal no Canadá onde permaneceu até à sua morte em 1849.

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THE PENINSULAR JOURNAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR BENJAMIN D'URBAN.
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