The unfortunate case of two Swedish generals : who fell a sacrifice to the misconduct of the ministers, and the misfortunes of war in the year 1742
1757
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
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Title
The unfortunate case of two Swedish generals : who fell a sacrifice to the misconduct of the ministers, and the misfortunes of war in the year 1742
Variant Title
The Parallel
Published
[London? : s.n., 1757?]
Description
3, [1] p. ; 26 cm. (fol.)
Call Number
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
Note
Caption title
Docket title on p. [4]: The Parallel
One of the Swedish generals was Carl Emil Lewenhaupt. The other was a General Bodenbroke; together they had command of the Swedish army which capitulated. At their court martial, "It signified nothing for them to represent, that the great sickness and mortality ... both in the army and on board the fleet, had given such superiority to the Russians, that it became absolutely impossible to make any successful stand against the enemy. A sacrifice became necessary, and they were deemed to be the victims; the court martial condemned them." The docket title "The Parallel" suggests that a similar need for a scapegoat and a similar sacrificial lamb attended the case of Admiral Byng some 15 years later.
On leaf 268r of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757.
Docket title on p. [4]: The Parallel
One of the Swedish generals was Carl Emil Lewenhaupt. The other was a General Bodenbroke; together they had command of the Swedish army which capitulated. At their court martial, "It signified nothing for them to represent, that the great sickness and mortality ... both in the army and on board the fleet, had given such superiority to the Russians, that it became absolutely impossible to make any successful stand against the enemy. A sacrifice became necessary, and they were deemed to be the victims; the court martial condemned them." The docket title "The Parallel" suggests that a similar need for a scapegoat and a similar sacrificial lamb attended the case of Admiral Byng some 15 years later.
On leaf 268r of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757.
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