HANNAH See also:SNELL (1723–1992)
, the " See also:female soldier," was See also:born at See also:Worcester on the 23rd of See also:April 1723, being the daughter of a hosier
.
In See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to seek her See also:husband, who had See also:ill-treated and abandoned her, in 1745 she donned See also:man's attire and enlisted as a soldier in See also:Guise's See also:regiment of See also:foot, but soon deserted, and shipped on See also:board the See also:sloop " See also:Swallow " under her See also:brother-in-See also:law's name of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
Gray
.
The " Swallow " sailed in See also:Boscawen's See also:fleet to the See also:East Indies, and took See also:part in the See also:siege of Araapong
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Hannah served in the See also:assault on See also:Pondicherry and was wounded, but she succeeded in extracting the See also:bullet without calling in a surgeon
.
When recovered she served before the See also:mast on the " See also:Tartar " and the." Eltham, " but when paid off she resumed woman's See also:costume
.
Her adventures were published as The Female Soldier, or the Surprising Adventures of Hannah See also:Snell, (1750), and she afterwards gave exhibitions in military See also:uniform in See also:London
.
She died insane in See also:Bethlehem See also:Hospital on the 8th of See also:February 1792
.
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