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Title: The Surrender of Napoleon
Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and
of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail
of the principal events that occurred in that ship between
the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815

Author: Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland

Editor: William Kirk Dickson

Release Date: May 23, 2009 [EBook #28934]

Language: English

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THE

SURRENDER OF NAPOLEON

BEING THE

NARRATIVE OF THE SURRENDER OF BUONAPARTE, AND
OF HIS RESIDENCE ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON,
WITH A DETAIL OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS THAT
OCCURRED IN THAT SHIP BETWEEN THE 24th OF MAY
AND THE 8th OF AUGUST 1815

BY

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND, K.C.B.

_A NEW EDITION EDITED, WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY_
WILLIAM KIRK DICKSON

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MCMIV

_All Rights reserved_

NOTE.

After Sir Frederick Maitland's death in 1839 his papers passed into
the hands of Lady Maitland, who liferented his property of Lindores in
Fife until her death in 1865. They then passed with the property to
Sir Frederick's nephew, Captain James Maitland, R.N., and on his death
to his brother, Rear-Admiral Lewis Maitland, my father, from whom they
came to me.

The preparation of the present volume has been undertaken by Mr.
Dickson at my request.

FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND.

LINDORES, _December 9, 1903_.

PREFACE.

"You are publishing a great and interesting national document.... The
whole narrative is as fine, manly, and explicit an account as ever was
given of so interesting a transaction." So wrote Sir Walter Scott to
Captain Maitland after reading the manuscript of his _Narrative of the
Surrender of Buonaparte_. It is undoubtedly a historical docu