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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne · William Makepeace Thackeray — chapter 2 of 46 · ~142 words · public domain

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CONTAINS MR. ESMOND'S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.

I. I am in Prison, and Visited, but not Consoled there

II. I come to the End of my Captivity, but not of my Trouble

III. I take the Queen's Pay in Quin's Regiment

IV. Recapitulations

V. I go on the Vigo Bay Expedition, taste Salt Water and smell Powder

VI. The 29th December

VII. I am made Welcome at Walcote

VIII. Family Talk

IX. I make the Campaign of 1704

X. An Old Story about a Fool and a Woman

XI. The famous Mr. Joseph Addison

XII. I get a Company in the Campaign of 1706

XIII. I meet an Old Acquaintance in Flanders, and find my Mother's Grave and my own Cradle there

XIV. The Campaign of 1707, 1708

XV. General Webb wins the Battle of Wynendael

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