Download or read book Historical Records of the British Army written by Richard Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Records of the British Army written by Richard Cannon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.
Download or read book A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army written by Arthur S. White and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Download or read book Historical Records of the British Army Infantry written by Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Records of the British Army written by Great Britain Adjutant General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Records of the British Army Historical record of the Tenth the Prince of Wales s Own Royal Regiment of Hussars written by Richard Cannon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.
Download or read book The History of the British Army written by J. W. Fortescue and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the British Army is an exhaustive military study which gives a comprehensive coverage of the English military situation from the beginning until the late 18th century and the formation of the New Model Army. Starting from the 11th century and the Battle of Hastings the author comprises six centuries of British history endeavoring to point out occurrences and incident that were essential to a coherent sketch of the growth of the British military system. One of the goals of the work was to correct the injustice of numerous political histories which have the Army, Navy, and the whole question of National Defense left out of account.
Download or read book A History of the British Army Vol 2 of 2 written by J. W. Fortescue and published by MACMILLAN AND CO. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of disbanding the Army began some months before the final conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht. By Christmas 1712 thirteen regiments of dragoons, twenty-two of foot, and several companies of invalids who had been called up to do duty owing to the depletion of the regular garrisons, had been actually broken. The Treaty was no sooner signed than several more were disbanded, making thirty-three thousand men discharged in all. More could not be reduced until the eight thousand men who were left in garrison in Flanders could be withdrawn, but even so the total force on the British Establishment, including all colonial garrisons, had sunk in 1714 to less than thirty thousand men. The soldiers received as usual a small bounty on discharge; and great inducements were offered to persuade them to take service in the colonies, or, in other words, to go into perpetual exile. But this disbandment was by no means so commonplace and artless an affair as might at first sight appear. One of the first measures taken in hand by Bolingbroke and by his creature Ormonde was the remodelling of the Army, by which term was signified the elimination of officers and of whole corps that favoured the Protestant succession, to make way for those attached to the Jacobite interest. Prompted by such motives, and wholly careless of the feelings of the troops, they violated the old rule that the youngest regiments should always be the first to be disbanded, and laid violent hands on several veteran corps. The Seventh and Eighth Dragoons, the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-third, Thirty-second, Thirtieth, Twenty-ninth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-second, and Fourteenth Foot were ruthlessly sacrificed; nay, even the Sixth, one of the sacred six old regiments, and distinguished above all others in the Spanish War, was handed over for dissolution like a regiment of yesterday. There were bitter words and stormy scenes among regimental officers over such shameless, unjust, and insulting procedure. All these designs, however, were suddenly shattered by the death of Queen Anne. The accession of the Elector of Hanover to the throne was accomplished with a tranquillity which must have amazed even those who desired it most. Before the new King could arrive the country was gladdened by the return of the greatest of living Englishmen. Landing at Dover on the very day of the Queen's death, Marlborough was received with salutes of artillery and shouts of delight from a joyful crowd. Proceeding towards London next day he was met by the news that his name was excluded from the list of Lords-Justices to whom the government of the country was committed pending the King's arrival. Deeply chagrined, but preserving always his invincible serenity, he pushed on to the capital, intending to enter it with the same privacy that he had courted during his banishment in the Low Countries. But the people had decided that his entry must be one of triumph; and a tumultuous welcome from all classes showed that the country could and would make amends for the shameful treatment meted out to him two years before. On the 18th of September King George landed at Greenwich, and shortly afterwards the new ministry was nominated. Stanhope, the brilliant soldier of the Peninsular War, became second Secretary-of-State; William Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, Secretary-at-War; Robert Walpole, Paymaster of the Forces; while Marlborough with some reluctance resumed his old appointments of Captain-General, Master-General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the First Guards. He soon found, however, that though he held the titles, he did not hold the authority of the offices, and that the true control of the Army was transferred to the Secretary-at-War. To be continue in this ebook...
Download or read book History of the British Army Vol 1 2 written by J. W. Fortescue and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. W. Fortescue's 'History of the British Army' is a meticulously researched and comprehensive account of the evolution and achievements of the British military from its early beginnings to the 19th century. Fortescue's writing style is both engaging and informative, offering readers a detailed narrative of key battles, strategies, and developments within the British Army. His attention to detail and thorough analysis provide a valuable resource for scholars and history enthusiasts alike, shedding light on the military tactics and leadership that shaped British history. In the context of military history, Fortescue's work stands as a landmark achievement, setting the standard for future studies on the British Army. Volume 1 explores the early history of the army, while Volume 2 delves into the army's role in major conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars and the Peninsular War. Filled with firsthand accounts and historical insights, this two-volume set is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the British military's legacy. J. W. Fortescue's 'History of the British Army' is a definitive resource for those seeking a deeper insight into the military history of Britain.
Download or read book A History of the British Army Vol 1 of 2 written by J. W. Fortescue and published by MACMILLAN AND CO. This book was released on with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the British Army is commonly supposed to begin with the year 1661, and from the day, the 14th of February, whereon King Charles the Second took over Monk's Regiment of Foot from the Commonwealth's service to his own, and named it the Coldstream Guards. The assumption is unfortunately more convenient than accurate. The British standing army dates not from 1661 but from 1645, not from Monk's regiment but from the famous New Model, which was established by Act of the Long Parliament and maintained, in substance, until the Restoration. The continuity of the Coldstream regiment's existence was practically unbroken by the ceremony of Saint Valentine's day, and this famous corps therefore forms the link that binds the New Model to the Army of Queen Victoria. But we are not therefore justified in opening the history of the army with the birth of the New Model. The very name indicates the existence of an earlier model, and throws us back to the outbreak of the Civil War. There then confronts us the difficulty of conceiving how an organised body of trained fighting men could have been formed without the superintendence of experienced officers. We are forced to ask whence came those officers, and where did they learn their profession. The answer leads us to the Thirty Years' War and the long struggle for Dutch Independence, to the English and Scots, numbered by tens, nay, hundreds of thousands, who fought under Gustavus Adolphus and Maurice of Nassau. Two noble regiments still abide with us as representatives of these two schools, a standing record of our army's 'prentice years. But though we go back two generations before the Civil War to find the foundation of the New Model Army, it is impossible to pause there. In the early years of Queen Elizabeth's reign we are brought face to face with an important period in our military history, with a break in old traditions, an unwilling conformity with foreign standards, in a word, with the renascence in England of the art of war. For there were memories to which the English clung with pathetic tenacity, not in Elizabeth's day only but even to the midst of the Civil War, the memories of King Harry the Fifth, of the Black Prince, of Edward the Third, and of the unconquerable infantry that had won the day at Agincourt, Poitiers, and Creçy. The passion of English sentiment over the change is mirrored to us for all time in the pages of Shakespeare; for no nation loves military reform so little as our own, and we shrink from the thought that if military glory is not to pass from a possession into a legend, it must be eternally renewed with strange weapons and by unfamiliar methods. This was the trouble which afflicted England under the Tudors, and she comforted herself with the immortal prejudice that is still her mainstay in all times of doubt, "I tell thee herald, I thought upon one pair of English legs Did march three Frenchmen." The origin of the new departures in warfare must therefore be briefly traced through the Spaniards, the Landsknechts, and the Swiss, and the old English practice must be followed to its source. Creçy gives us no resting-place, for Edward the Third's also was a time of military reform; the next steps are to the Battle of Falkirk, the Statute of Winchester, and the Assize of Arms; and still the English traditions recede before us, till at last at the Conquest we can seize a great English principle which forced itself upon the conquering Normans, and ultimately upon all Europe. To be continue in this ebook...
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881 1900 written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the British Army To the close of the seven years war written by Sir John William Fortescue and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercenaries for the Crimea written by C.C. Bayley and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Army in Battle and Its Image 1914 18 written by Stephen Badsey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: understood." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book The Official History of the Russo Japanese War written by Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medical and Surgical History of the British Army which Served in Turkey and the Crimea During the War Against Russia in the Years 1854 55 56 written by Great Britain. Army Medical Services and published by London : Printed by Harrison and Sons. This book was released on 1858 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of British Military History written by George Usher and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the invasion of Britain by the Danes through the battle of Hastings, Agincourt and Waterloo up to the present day, this fascinating dictionary includes entries on battles, campaigns and famous commanders, as well as ranks, regiments, uniforms and weapons. The reader will find an outline of the British army since its formation in the 17th century, together with brief histories of battles and biographies of great military leaders. A handy reference source for all levels of student or enthusiast, including the general reader of historical reference and anyone with an interest in the British military.
