‘Extract from a memoir upon the passage of Rapid Rivers,with a description of the construction, and method of application, of a new kind of Boats, proposed for that service, and an account of the experiments made with them.’
memoir, extract, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.1985-10-38-4
Description
Printed bound document: 'Extract from a memoir upon the passage of Rapid Rivers...', by Maj I R Colleton, Royal Staff Corps, 28 Oct 1816. A description of the construction and method of application of a new kind of pontoon for a Bridge in comparison to older methods. Includes a diagram at the back. Printed by Sgt Buchan, 3rd Foot Guards, Military Press. Associated with the Royal Staff Corps, Cambrai, France.
Events
France, Occupation of, 1814-18 (Napoleonic Wars, France 1803-1815)
Associated collection
