CONTENTS

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Expedition to Italy and Sicily under General Sir James Craig 9
General Sir James Craig’s Farewell 50
General Sir John Stuart in command 51
The Battle of Maida 69
The Siege of Scylla 85
General Sir John Moore arrives at Messina 98
Captain Boothby returns to England 112
Expedition to Sweden under General Sir John Moore 114
Departure of General Sir John Moore for England 120
Captain Boothby ordered to survey Isle of Sproe 123
Captain Boothby ordered to England to rejoin General Sir John Moore 129
Expedition to Spain and Portugal under General Sir John Moore 130
Captain Boothby ordered to Elvas 144
Captain Boothby ordered to make Reconnaissance on Frontier 161
Captain Boothby ordered to make Reconnaissance towards Orense 202
The Battle of Corunna 211
Captain Boothby returns Home 228
Expedition to Portugal and Spain 232
Captain Boothby in General Sherbrooke’s Division, and attached to the Brigades of Guards and Infantry under General Harry Campbell and General A. Campbell 248
APPENDIX
Two Letters from Captain Boothby on the Battle of Maida, 1806 266
Two Letters from Captain Boothby during the Expedition to Sweden in 1808 273
Buonaparte’s Plan of Action against Sir John Moore and his Opinion of that General 275
Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State 276
Letter from Lieutenant-General Hope to Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, containing the Report on the Battle of Corunna, 16th January 1809 277
Last Orders given to the Army of Spain by the great General Sir John Moore, K.B. 285