Excerpt from Private Diary of Travels, Personal Services, and Public Events, During Mission and Employment With the European Armies in the Campaigns of 1812, 1813, 1814, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Invasion of Russia to the Capture of Paris
In the Introduction to Sir Robert Wilson"s "Narrative of the French Invasion of Russia in 1812," published in the spring of the current year, the following statement of the facts of his employment upon the service which enabled him to become the historian of that great conflict of far-separated Empires was given from his own memoranda.
"On the 6th of May, 1810, he offered himself for the service to which he was ultimately appointed, in a letter addressed to the Marquess Wellesley.
"In August of the same year Lord Wellesley signified his acceptance of this offer of service.
"On the 29th of November, 1811, Sir Robert Wilson received the official notice of his appointment to a special service; but delays still occurred, and the designation of service was not finally communicated and the authority given for proceeding upon his mission, until March the 26th, 1812.
"On the 8th of April, 1812, he sailed from England with the embassy (Mr. Liston having been appointed ambassador to Constantinople) in H. M. ship "Argo," "under special instructions, and with the rank of Brigadier-General in the British army.""
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