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Maximillian's Lieutenant - Personal History of the Mexican Campaign, 1864-7 (Paperback)

Ernest Pitner; Volume editing by Gordon Etherington-Smith; Translated by Gordon Etherington-Smith

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This is the diary of a young Austrian army officer who went off as a mercenary to Mexico as part of an ill-judged campaign by the European powers to impose a settlement on Mexico's internal political conflicts and to establish Maximillian as Emperor. Unlike many of his companions, he escaped execution to return to Austria. The diary reveals a sympathetic and appealing character, and sheds light on a disastrous campaign. The translator and editor, Gordon Etherington-Smith, is a descendant of the Pitner family.