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Precis of the Wars in Canada

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Excerpt from Precis of the Wars in Canada: From 1755 to the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, With Military and Political Reflections He was educated at the charter-house and Woolwich, and obtained a commission in the Ar tillery in 1794. In the following year he was re moved to the Royal Engineers, and in 17 96 he em barked for the Cape of Good Hope, where he served under General Dundas, and was sent home with despatches from that officer in 1800, but immediately returned to the Cape and remained there until the colony was restored to Holland in 1803. In 1805 an expedition was organised under the orders of Sir David Baird for the recapture of the Cape of Good Hepe, and Captain carmichael-smyth accompanied it as Commanding Engineer. After the defeat of the Dutch - troops, and subsequent surrender of Cape Town, Sir David Baird assumed the govern ment of the colony, and appointed Captain Smyth Acting. Colonial Secretary, in addition to his military duties, which office he retained until Sir David Baird was succeeded in the government by the Earl of Caledon. 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.
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