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A soldier's memoir recounts enlistment and service with his regiment through an Irish insurrection, an expedition to the Netherlands, and a subsequent Egyptian campaign, providing ground-level descriptions of marches, skirmishes, casualties, and interactions with civilians and prisoners. Interwoven with these military episodes are candid reflections on the author's spiritual struggles, conversion, and the practical effects of his faith on daily conduct. A brief prefatory note emphasizes that the text is printed from the author's manuscript with little alteration. The narrative is arranged chronologically into chapters, combining plain observational detail with moral and devotional commentary intended to instruct and edify.

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Title: Narrative of a Private Soldier in His Majesty's 92d Regiment of Foot

Author: George Billany

Author of introduction, etc.: Ralph Wardlaw

Release date: December 22, 2021 [eBook #66990]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: United Foreign Missionary Society, 1822

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Narrative of a Private Soldier in His Majesty's 92d Regiment of Foot

NARRATIVE OF A PRIVATE SOLDIER IN HIS MAJESTY'S 92D REGIMENT OF FOOT.
WRITTEN BY GEORGE BILLANY.
DETAILING
MANY CIRCUMSTANCES RELATIVE TO THE INSURRECTION IN
IRELAND IN 1798; THE EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND IN
1799; AND THE EXPEDITION TO EGYPT IN 1801;
AND GIVING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF
HIS RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE.
WITH A PREFACE
BY THE REV. RALPH WARDLAW, D. D.
First American edition.
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED FOREIGN
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
1822.