Rob Griffith

Cartoon from Punch, October 1937.

Good luck in the new job.

A taste of the titles coming in the first half of next year from Helion's From Reason to Revolution series. www.helion.co.uk/forthcoming-...

Yep, that seems to fit. Thanks. I was thinking it began with ‘a’ and ended ‘ously’.

The former complained bitterly of Sir J.M’s conduct to Lord C having said to him that he thought himself unworthily and [unreadable] treated by ministers; would not hear of his having the command.

Researching the Corunna campaign. Returned to my fave source used for my Vimeiro book: Brig Gen Anstruther's journal. Great stuff, but often impossible to read. Can anyone decipher the underlined word? Rest of sentence in thread.

Helion will survive. It’s far more important you get the work/life balance you want.

Sounds like a good idea. I hope it goes well for you.

So Just and Glorious a Cause: Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Roliça and Vimeiro, 1808: 131 (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815) Buy So Just and Glorious a Cause: Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Roliça and Vimeiro, 1808: 131 (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815) by Griffith, Robert (ISBN: 9781804514399) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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So Just and Glorious a Cause – Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Rolica and Vimeiro, 1808 | The Napoleon Series So Just and Glorious a Cause – Britain and the Liberation of Portugal – Rolica and Vimeiro, 1808 Robert Griffith Helion Books (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 No 131) 2024 ISBN 9781804514399 Pages...

I'm very pleased to have received another great review for So Just and Glorious a Cause, this time from Gareth Glover on the Napoleon Series website: www.napoleon-series.org/book-reviews...

Yes, I had. But thanks for thinking of me.

The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Almost everybody interested in the Napoleonic Wars will be familiar with Bernard Cornwell’s fictional rifleman, Richard Sharpe. However, the first fictional rifleman was probably from the 5th Bat…

An updated blog post on 'The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Rifles'. My thanks to Thomas Hemmann for sending me the Hannoversches militairisches Journal article. daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/t...

Have you read his Seven Men of Gascony? One of my favourite novels of the period.

Robert had a brother called Henry and it was actually him that should have been named as Robert died in Spain during the Corunna campaign. The brothers came from Ireland, where my ancestors were at the time, but apparently their actual name was Griffin. Both served in the light company.

With a name like mine it's not often you come across it when researching. This from a court martial of an assistant surgeon of the 1st Foot.

That looks interesting. Is it any good? Well referenced? Much on Corunna?

‘We never saw him again’: remembering a Scottish Highland soldier Plate from Percy Groves, History of the 91st Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders (1894) The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars exacted an awful human toll. As one British publicat…

Latest on my blog: a Scotsman remembers the last visit of his uncle, a Highland soldier who died during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Yes, that fits. Thanks!

Notwithstanding the strong reasons which demand our acting with promptitude & vigor upon some well laid down plan you will hardly believe that Sir John Moore has not [?] a [?] from any of the generals, and he is in utter [?] [?] to their means & [?]

Can anyone help with the transcription of the underlined section? What I have so far in the thread below.

The second volume should be going to print this week.

I really enjoyed Bluestockings by Susannah Gibson. A really well written and researched book shedding much needed light on a neglected subject. The chapter on motherhood and child birth is a harrowing read though.

Is that about shoes? Is the story that Brunel invented a process to make better shoes for the British Army after Corunna true?

Happy birthday Paul. Have a great day.

Brigadier General Henry Clinton and the Cintra Controversies It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…

A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.

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Brigadier General Henry Clinton and the Cintra Controversies It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…

A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.

daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/b...

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Ah, ok. Then it was probably a similar quotation in a different source. Clinton is writing to someone back in Britain.

Where did you read it? This is from a letter Clinton’s papers that I don’t think has been published before. At least not in full.

Thanks everyone. It’s good to see that Bluesky is as good a source of transcription advice as Twitter used to be.