Tucker, John Goulston Price (sold)
John Goulston Price Tucker (July 27, 1777 - 1841) was a British army officer. He was born in Bermuda, but little is known of his life until his appointment, as an Ensign, to the British 78th foot on April 29, 1795. His military career was active from the start, beginning with his service during the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in September of that year. He was appointed Lieutenant on May 25, 1796, thereafter serving in India (Birhampore). He served as a ship's marine aboard HMS Centurion in pursuit of the French Frigate, La Forte, which was cruising the Straits of Malacca. He was sent to the Cape of Good Hope as aide to Sir George Young, returning to Britain with despatches from the colony; he would return in 1806, and would take over the 1st battalion of the 72nd when its commander was wounded, leading the force nearly two hundred miles into the South African interior. On completion of this duty, he was given leave to accompany the 47th foot to the Rio de la Plata, where he would be made Assistant Quarter Master General to Sir Samuel Auchmuty. Under this command, he served as Major to the Grenadiers in the 1807 assault of Montevideo, and present during the breach of the city, during which he received a bayonet wound to his arm. He returned with despatches to Britain, and it is presumed that he was the author of the publicized account of the battle. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the aftermath. In 1814, he was made Colonel in the Army; in 1815 he was appointed Major in the West India Regiment. It is not known when or under what circumstances he retired: he had married in 1802, and managed to father three sons and two daughters in County Kent in England. His wife died in 1830; he himself died in 1841.
Reporting a British Victory Amidst a Failed Campaign.
A Narrative of the Operations of a Small British Force, under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, employed in The Reduction of Monte Video on the River Plate, A.D. 1807 By a Field Officer On The Staff. Illustrated with a Plan of the Operations7
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This is the 1807 report - anonymous, but attributed to John Goulston Price Tucker - of the 1807 British assault and capture of Montevideo from the Empire of Spain. This British victory was the one successful element of the British invasion of the River Plate, an otherwise disastrous theater of the Napoleonic Wars (Spain was, at that point, allied with Napoleon's France). This book and its attendant map were published a little more than three months after the capture of Montevideo, but four months prior to the September 1807 British withdrawal, following the July 1807 surrender of British forces in Buenos Aires. (more details)