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On location with BHTV: On the Driel Ferry crossing the Rhine to Oosterbeek following the course taken by 4th Dorsets as they crossed into the Airborne Perimeter on the night of 24/25 September. 'Arnhem - Battle for the Island and Evacuation'.
Posted by: Rebecca Lawther

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Dates in History

Napoleon begins exile on Saint Helena

15th October 1815

Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena from 15 October 1815. Before Napoleon moved to Longwood House in November 1815, he lived in a pavilion on the estate "The Briars" belonging to William Balcombe, and became friendly with the family, especially the younger daughter Lucia Elizabeth (Betsy), who later wrote "Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon".

Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source.… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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