Thomas Mitchell: Surveyor General and Explorer

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J H L Cumpston. Thomas Mitchell: Surveyor General and Explorer

Thomas Mitchell: Surveyor General and Explorer

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I - Prologue

CHAPTER II - Military Career

CHAPTER III - Colonial Policy and Personalities

CHAPTER IV - Conditions in the earlier Years

CHAPTER V - Governor Darling

CHAPTER VI - The First expedition

CHAPTER VII - The Colonial Office is Critical

CHAPTER VIII - The Second expedition

CHAPTER IX - The Third expedition

CHAPTER X - Four Years' Leave of Absence

CHAPTER XI - In Politics and Out Again

CHAPTER XII - The fourth expedition

CHAPTER XIII - Second Visit to England

CHAPTER XIV - The Last Years 1849-1855

CHAPTER XV - Epilogue

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

Footnote

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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J H L Cumpston

Published by Good Press, 2021

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At Badajoz, as at Rodrigo, the capture of the town was followed by three days of riotous disorder, with murder, rape, looting, and unrestrained drunkenness. The brave, disciplined, British army became an uncontrolled, savage mob. Mitchell's reactions to these two scenes of violence are not indicated by anything definite during his later life: deductions might be made, but they would be unsafe and unjustified.

Now a new phase began: Wellington was free to move northwards, Spain being unguarded by western strongposts. It is necessary here to anticipate a little and consider the direction of Wellington's future movements. His route was to be along a direct line, in a north-easterly direction from Lisbon to that angle where the eastern coast of France joins the northern coast of Spain. From Lisbon to Salamanca the route, after following the valley lands of the Tagus for about one hundred miles turns northwards for about another hundred and thirty miles along the highland broken country between two great ranges of mountains up to six thousand feet high. The first section of this route was already well known to Wellington and his staff, but the second section was more difficult, with continual crossing of rapid streams (tributaries forming the head waters of the Douro River), on one of which lies the town of Salamanca.

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