MEMOIRS

OF THE

EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY CAREER

OF

JOHN SHIPP,

LATE A LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S 87TH REGIMENT.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

"Rude am I in speech,

And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace;
For, since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,
Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used
Their dearest action in the tented field;

And little of this great world can I speak,

More than pertains to feats of broil and battle:

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MEMOIRS

OF

JOHN SHIPP,

&c. &c.

CHAPTER I.

THE property in the Fort of Dhamoony was literally nothing. The whole consisted of about five or six small guns, principally iron, and a considerable quantity of grain; the produce of which, as well as what was found in the other forts taken during the campaign, was thrown into the general fund. Here, for a time, a small detachment was left; but they soon became so sickly, and died so fast, that we were obliged to dismantle the place, and leave it to the ravages

of time.

The poor Keeledar only was detained, and

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