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Royal Marines.- Clarke (William, Lt. Royal Marines)

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Royal Marines.- Clarke (William, Lt. Royal Marines, of Epperston, Nottinghamshire) [Reminiscences of service in the Royal Navy], autograph manuscript signed, c. 145pp., italic hand, slightly browned, hinges a little weak, original half red morocco, rubbed, joints splitting at head and tail, sm. 4to, November 1839.

⁂ Includes an account of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. "The Bombardment was always severest during the night... when the flames raged with the greatest fury... the burning carcases, the ignited fuzes of the shells from the besiegers and the besieged, crossing each other in their course, looked like so many meteors, whilst the Congreve Rockets streamed blazing through the air like comets... ." - Clarke.

Clarke joined Admiral Sir Charles Cotton's flagship, the San Josef, in 1803 and transferred to the Royal Marines at the age of 19, joined HMS Ville de Paris under 'Billy Blue' Cornwallis, spent that winter at sea, witnessed the wrecking of HMS Venerable in Torbay, notes that Edward Parry (later Sir Edward of Arctic fame) served on board as midshipman, posted to HMS Achille, went to Cadiz under Collingwood, missed Trafalgar by eight days, transferred to HMS Prince of Wales under Calder, describes various action... captured a dogger from Danzig bound for St. Petersberg carrying 300 canaries, 500 larks and 14 lap dogs, the manuscript ends abruptly with the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme at Carlscrona where Clarke's ship is in port. Anonymous note loosely inserted asking the family to find a second volume.

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Royal Marines.- Clarke (William, Lt. Royal Marines, of Epperston, Nottinghamshire) [Reminiscences of service in the Royal Navy], autograph manuscript signed, c. 145pp., italic hand, slightly browned, hinges a little weak, original half red morocco, rubbed, joints splitting at head and tail, sm. 4to, November 1839.

⁂ Includes an account of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. "The Bombardment was always severest during the night... when the flames raged with the greatest fury... the burning carcases, the ignited fuzes of the shells from the besiegers and the besieged, crossing each other in their course, looked like so many meteors, whilst the Congreve Rockets streamed blazing through the air like comets... ." - Clarke.

Clarke joined Admiral Sir Charles Cotton's flagship, the San Josef, in 1803 and transferred to the Royal Marines at the age of 19, joined HMS Ville de Paris under 'Billy Blue' Cornwallis, spent that winter at sea, witnessed the wrecking of HMS Venerable in Torbay, notes that Edward Parry (later Sir Edward of Arctic fame) served on board as midshipman, posted to HMS Achille, went to Cadiz under Collingwood, missed Trafalgar by eight days, transferred to HMS Prince of Wales under Calder, describes various action... captured a dogger from Danzig bound for St. Petersberg carrying 300 canaries, 500 larks and 14 lap dogs, the manuscript ends abruptly with the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme at Carlscrona where Clarke's ship is in port. Anonymous note loosely inserted asking the family to find a second volume.

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