Baird visited the Cape in 1779 and 1797 and was in command of the expedition which captured it in 1806.

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Excerpt from The Life of Sir David Baird There have been few more dramatic events than the three visits Of Baird to Seringapatam first as a prisoner, then as a brigadier, and lastly as the leader of the storming party. Another curious circumstance is the manner in which Sir David so frequently met the Duke of Wellington and Sir Home Popham on active service, and it is strange that his old regiment (the 7150 should have served under him in the capture of the Cape, and should have taken part in the Corunna campaign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.