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Loading... At 12 Mr. Byng was Shotby Dudley Pope
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Welsh_eileen2 | Sep 1, 2016 |  1701 At Twelve Mr. Byng Was Shot, by Dudley Pope (read 21 Mar 1982) This is on the incident which resulted in Admiral Byng being shot on 14 March 1758. It is very well told, and is of course a lamentable story. John Byng was sent to the Mediterranean in 1757 with a weak squadron, engaged in a battle with the French off Minorca, and then the next day the squadron--some ships in which had been badly damaged--went back to Gibraltar. The Government was looking for a scapegoat and Admiral Byng was court-martialed and shot. Voltaire in Candide has someone say to Candide: 'In this country it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others." (  )1  Schmerguls | Nov 13, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
A wonderfully compelling examination of the infamous episode immortalized by Voltaire in "Candide." Admiral John Byng was shot on the deck of the "HMS Monarch" on March 14, 1757. His offense: following his superiors' orders. The British navy sent his poorly armed ship to fight the French, using outdated tactics. The offensive failed. Though Byng was cleared of cowardice, he received a death sentence for "error of judgment." He died...giving the signal to the firing squad for his own execution. No library descriptions found. |
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