Excerpt from Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces, Vol. 1 Moreover, the despatches of naval commanders are generally so limited in their mention of officers of marines, that without the information that has been withheld it would be impracticable to do them justice; and in some instances much difficulty and research have been necessary, to enable me to ascertain the names of individuals who had shared in enterprises of such merit, as procured promotion for officers in the sister service. I have nevertheless anxiously endeavoured to obtain the name of every officer who was employed on any affair of im portance; and, where omissions or errors have occurred, I must hope that the comprehensive extent of this work may be offered as some extenuation for the inadvertency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.