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Excerpt from History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena, Vol. 3 of 3: From the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, Official Documents Not Before Made Public
Nata - At page 96 of vol. I. It is stated that the Maltese regiment at Capri behaved with pusillanimity, and were taken prisoners; but it ought to have been added, that Major Hammill, who commanded that regiment, refused to deliver up his sword to the enemy, and was killed, preferring death to dishonour.
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