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Chief engineer officer and second engineer officer
IMO publication sales no.: T702E.
An Engineer Officer Under Wellington in the Peninsular
Rice Jones, the writer of the diary and of most of the letters contained in this volume was a young officer in the Royal Engineers when he was sent to Portugal in 1809. He remained until 1812, ending his peninsular experiences at Ciudad Rodrigo where he successfully lead the 52nd and 43rd regiments into one of the breaches. His other main experiences were the Battle of Bussaco, the building of the Lines of Torres Vedras, and the abortive siege of Badajoz in early 1811. Writing of Rice Jones's role at Ciudad Rodrigo, the editor remarks "Of this exploit, our diarist supplies the briefest and most modest narrative that was probably ever penned by a son to his father." Edited by Commander The Ho...
Maker and Breaker
Engineer officer Grover served in Syria against the French and then, in Papua, hacked a second Kokoda route, built roads and bridges at Buna, Wau and by war's end, he and his men were at Wewak Aitape.
