The Death of Major Doge Peirson (Premium General)

Premium General - If you are the first person to buy this General, you can select the next Doge General we create, and we will send it to you for free! Check the unlockable content after buying. Following the capture and imprisonment of Major Moses Corbet, Commander of the Jersey Garrison, by French troops on 6 January 1781, Peirson refused French demands to surrender and took command of the Garrison. Peirson's refusal to surrender was contrary to the order of the imprisoned Corbet who had already signed the garrison's official capitulation under the threat that St Helier, island's town, would be burnt to the ground. Peirson energetically rallied the garrison from its various posts on the ...View all