For all runners out there, details are now available for the 2023 Running Challenge. Please follow the LINK
For those interested in more information on the life and paintings of Thomas Staunton St Clair as described in the recent talk by Major-General (retd) Rui Moura, there are several links below.
Moura, Rui. Thomas Staunton St. Clair: the Sword, the Pen and the Paintbrush. Revista De Estudos Anglo-Portugueses / Journal of Anglo-Portuguese Studies. no. 30, 2021, pp. 41-92. https://www.academia.edu/64087129/Thomas_Staunton_St_Clair_the_Sword_the_Pen_and_the_Paintbrush Feibel, Robert. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 48, No. 193 (SPRING 1970), pp. 29-34 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44229227 Thomas St. Clair. A Soldier’s Recollections of the West Indies and America: With a Narrative of the Expedition to the Island of Walcheren. London: R. Bentley, 2 vols., 1834 Vol 1 - https://books.google.pt/books?id=4CQCAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 - https://books.google.pt/books?id=xSQCAAAAYAAJ Thomas St. Clair. Sketches in Spain, Portugal and France, During the War Taken by Lieut. Col. Thos. Staunton St. Clair, From 1810 to 1813. [1810-1813]. [Watercolour Album, 9 plates]. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15234653 Thomas St. Clair. Twelve Views of the Principal Occurrences of the Campaigns of 1810 and 1811 in Spain and Portugal. Engraved by Charles Turner. London, 1812-1815. [Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured; edged with paper, 12 plates]. London, Royal Collection, Collection of Military and Naval Maps and Prints formed by George III (1738-1820) https://militarymaps.rct.uk/napoleonic-wars-1803-15/spain-twelve-views-of-the-principal-occurences-of-the Gibraltar paintings (Thomas Staunton St. Clair) https://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.com/2012/07/chapter-1826-thomas-staunton-st.html?m=1 NEXT FLTV TALK - Change of plans for our next event on 24 January 2023. John Peaty is unable to speak and Rui Moura has agreed to bring forward his talk on Thomas St Clair. St Clair was a British officer serving in the Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War and an accomplished artist. Rui will give an insight into St Clair's campigns and the art that followed his travels. A revised programme will be issued in due course.
Please register through Ian Brewer at [email protected] REVISED TALK PROGRAMME - Marcus Cribb has joined the lineup to talk about his forthcoming book. All the talks are online apart from November 2022 which is the Annual General Meeting and will be held in London. Detail of the talks are included below. Please register with [email protected] if you wish to attend any of the the talks
The programme of online talks for 2022-23 has now been arranged. All the talks are online apart from November 2022 which is the Annual General Meeting and will be held in London. Detail of the talks are included below. Please register with Ian Brewer if you wish to attend any of the the talks
We are always looking for new members for the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras. We are particularly interested in people who would be willing to join the committe and help run the group.
The annual fees are low and all funds are used to support & promote the Lines of Torres Vedras., If you are interested in joining, please follow this link Reminder - Next talk on 28 June 2022 at 19:00 - Rob Griffith - The attack on Almaraz, May 18127/6/2022
Our final speaker in the 2021-22 programme is the historian and author Rob Griffith. The talk is based on his recent book and covers the allied attack on the French crossing point on the Tagus at Almaraz. Please register for the talk with Ian Brewer at EMAIL
All, a reminder that our next online talk is at 19:00 on Tuesday 31 May 2022. Martin Stoneham will be talking about the life of engineer Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher, the officer who managed the construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras. He served in several campaigns around the world before his death at the siege of San Sebastián in August 1813.
Please book your place by emailing Ian Brewer at [email protected]. Please find attached a report on the events of the day prepared by Andrew Grainger, Secretary-General of the British Commission for Military History.
Our next talk is on Lieutenant Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher, the Royal Engineer officer who led the construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras. Fletcher served in the Peninsular War from 1808 until his death at San Sebastián in 1813. Our speaker is Martin Stoneham, the Chairman of the Friends of the Royal Engineers Museum and an expect on many aspects of the Royal Engineers.
Please book your place by emailing Ian Brewer at [email protected]. |
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