"1805 Hanover Expedition" Topic

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Byrhthelm	18 Apr 2008 4:49 a.m. PST
Can anyone recommend any reading that covers Cathcart's 'useless expedition' to Hanover in 1805?
Mallen	18 Apr 2008 6:52 a.m. PST
Only Fortescue's "History of the British Army."
Steven H Smith	18 Apr 2008 10:15 a.m. PST
Sir William Schaw Cathcart, 1755- 1843 and the Battle of Munkaiser – there appears to be room for further research in this area! <;^} Steve
Byrhthelm	18 Apr 2008 10:47 a.m. PST
"there appears to be room for further research in this area! <;^}" There most certainly does! A Google search brought up one reference to the Battle of Munkaiser, and I'm now reading through reams of text to find what I suspect to be a mention in passing! ;-) (Oh well, ce n'est pas magnifique, maid c'est la vie!) B.
Steven H Smith	18 Apr 2008 11:48 a.m. PST
I found a few items. Use "1805 Hanover Expedition" as a google search to get the names of persons involved in expedition – then expand search from there – Good Luck Steve Expedition to recapture Hanover, December 1805 to February 1806: Vol 1, History of the King's German Legion by North Ludlow Beamish. link In vol 2, at the end you can locate the units involved. link This one looks promissing! Part 5 of Atkinson, C. T (ed.). 'Gleanings from the Cathcart MSS, 1 : Marlborough's wars (general); 2 : Marlborough's campaigns of 1707-8; 3 : Marlborough's campaigns of 1709-1712; The Netherlands, 1794-5; 5 : The younger Pitt's last venture : the expedition to Hanover, 1805-6; 6 : the "conjoint" expedition to Copenhagen, 1807. 6 pts.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 29:117 (1951), 20-5; 29:118 (1951), 64-8; 29:119 (1951), 97-103; 29:120 (1951), 144-57; 30:121 (1952), 22-9; 30:122 (1952), 80-7. Publisher: Society for Army Historical Research. NOT on Google. :( The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington … by Francis L. Clarke: link Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of … by Robert Stewart Castlereagh, vol 6: link
Byrhthelm	18 Apr 2008 12:26 p.m. PST
Steven, Muchly appreciated. Many thanks.

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