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 History of the Bean Family page 30.

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Sir Harry Burrard therefore took command and ordered a retreat.


On one occasion Willoughby Bean was with 20,000 troops fronted by 200,000 Frenchmen. The German allies shamefully deserted them, but the 20,000 with wonderful pluck, cut their way through to Hamburg.

In 1800 Willoughby Bean, 3 weeks after his ...
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History of the Bean Family page 30.
[Willoughby Bean contd.]

Sir Harry Burrard therefore took command and ordered a retreat.

On one occasion Willoughby Bean was with 20,000 troops fronted by 200,000 Frenchmen. The German allies shamefully deserted them, but the 20,000 with wonderful pluck, cut their way through to Hamburg.
In 1800 Willoughby Bean, 3 weeks after his marriage, was sent on a secret expedition to destroy the sluices at Ostend. They destroyed them, and also the fleet of Buonaparte and then landed. A great storm, lasting 3 days, prevented their return to their ships. They were overwhelmed and lost their commanding officer and had to surrender to the French. Willoughby was made prisoner of war: sent to Lille: and kept for 6 months before an exchange of prisoners was made.

His son Alexander Louis Wellington was so named in consequence of the following circumstances.
In 1815 Alexander's brother Willoughby Bean (named after his father, usually known as the "Old Major") was in England, where at the same time, also were the Duke of Wellington and Gen. Stephenson after the Battle of Waterloo. The Duke, with his aide-de-camp, Gen. Stephenson, had to return to Paris to settle matters after the restoration of the ...


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