Author: Alexander Innes Shand

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Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9781331340164

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Excerpt from The Life of General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, K. C. B., K. C. M. G, Vol. 1 of 2 Readers of this biography will find in its pages the names of many distinguished soldiers and civilians to whom I have to return heartfelt thanks for time and trouble most generously bestowed. More than one of the former who could speak with exceptional authority on somewhat delicate subjects have preferred to remain anonymous. But there is a friend to whom I feel bound to recognise a very special debt of gratitude. Colonel Gleig was the lifelong associate and confidant of Hamley from days of cadetship at Woolwich. He has supplied the personal recollections which could have come from no other source. His acute critical faculty and his rare professional knowledge have been ungrudgingly exercised in a searching examination of the proofs; and to him I am indebted for guidance and suggestions in the matters that are more strictly military and technical. 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.

Download or read book The Life of General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, K. C. B., K. C. M. G , Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Innes Shand and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, K. C. B., K. C. M. G, Vol. 1 of 2 Readers of this biography will find in its pages the names of many distinguished soldiers and civilians to whom I have to return heartfelt thanks for time and trouble most generously bestowed. More than one of the former who could speak with exceptional authority on somewhat delicate subjects have preferred to remain anonymous. But there is a friend to whom I feel bound to recognise a very special debt of gratitude. Colonel Gleig was the lifelong associate and confidant of Hamley from days of cadetship at Woolwich. He has supplied the personal recollections which could have come from no other source. His acute critical faculty and his rare professional knowledge have been ungrudgingly exercised in a searching examination of the proofs; and to him I am indebted for guidance and suggestions in the matters that are more strictly military and technical. 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.