Download or read book The History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment West Riding 1702 1992 written by John Maurice Brereton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Duke of Wellington s West Riding Regiment the Iron Duke s Own During the First Three Years of the Great War from August 1914 to December 1917 written by John J. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Duke of Wellington s Regiment West Riding written by and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Short History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment West Riding written by M. V. Le Poer-Trench and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment West Riding written by J. H. Brereton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Duke of Wellington s West Riding Regiment The Iron Duke s Own During the First Three Years of the Great War from August 1914 to December 1917 By J J Fisher written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment. 4th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wellington written by Gordon Corrigan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 crowned a reputation first won in India at Assaye and then confirmed during the Peninsular War, where he followed up his defence of Portugal by expelling the French from Spain. Gordon Corrigan, himself an ex-soldier, examines his claims to greatness. Wellington was in many ways the first modern general, combining a mastery of logistics with an ability to communicate and inspire. He had to contend not only with enemy armies but also with his political masters and an often sceptical public at home.
Download or read book History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1st 2nd Battalions 1881 1923 By C D Bruce With Maps written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment. 4th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Duke of York s Flanders Campaign written by Steve Brown and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A superb read . . . destined to become the go-to book for anyone interested in this long-neglected period of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.” —The Napoleon Series To crush the French Revolution, the armies of the First Coalition gathered round France’s borders, the largest of which was assembled in Flanders. Composed of Anglo-Hanoverian, Dutch, Hessian, Prussian and Imperial Austrian troops, its aim was to invade France and restore the nobility to what was considered their rightful place. Opposing them was the French Armée du Nord. In command of the Anglo-Hanoverian contingent was the son of George III, the Duke of York. The campaign was a disaster for the Coalition forces, particularly during the severe winter of 1794/5 when the troops were forced into a terrible and humiliating retreat. Britain’s reputation and that of its military leaders was severely diminished, with the forces of the Revolution sweeping all before them on a tide of popularism. Yet, from this defeat grew an army that under the Duke of Wellington would eventually crush the Revolution’s greatest general, Napoleon Bonaparte. Of the Flanders Campaign, Wellington, who fought as a junior officer under the Duke of York, remarked that the experience had at least taught him what not to do. Napoleon Series research editor Steve Brown has produced one of the most insightful, and much-needed studies of this disastrous but intriguing campaign, with particular focus on the British Army’s contribution. With copious maps and nineteen appendices including detailed orders of battle, he concludes this important work with an analysis that draws striking, and significant comparisons with the Flanders campaigns of 1914 and 1940. How history repeats itself . . .
Download or read book Wellington written by Rory Muir and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading Wellington historian’s fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, his momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool’s cabinet, and became prime minister in 1828. He later served as a senior minister in Peel’s government and remained commander-in-chief of the army for a decade until his death in 1852. In this richly detailed work, the second and concluding volume of Rory Muir’s definitive biography, the author offers a substantial reassessment of Wellington’s significance as a politician and a nuanced view of the private man behind the legend of the selfless hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war. And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self. “[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography.” —Lawrence James, Times (London) “Muir conveys the military, political, social and personal sides of Wellington’s career with equal brilliance. This will be the leading work on the subject for decades.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
Download or read book The Duke of Wellington s regiment West Riding written by Great Britain. Army. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1st 2nd Battalions 1881 1923 written by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1919 1952 Edited by Brigadier C N Barclay With Plates and Maps written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment. 4th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Redan at Sebastopol written by James W. Bancroft and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 18 June 1855, the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, British assault troops moved out of their trenches before Sebastopol in the Crimea, and attacked the formidable Russian bastion known as the Great Redan. They came under such a murderous fire from the Russian defenders that the attack faltered, and the British were eventually forced to fall back. As they did so, they left over 1,000 comrades dead and dying out in the open and at the mercy of enemy snipers. The Siege of Sebastopol saw the development of trench warfare for the first time. Using eyewitness accounts and unpublished letters, the author tells the story of how the men coped with the terrible conditions as they prepared for the assault – as well as the events during and after the fighting. Among the anecdotes is an officer who had the ingenious idea of warming up cannon balls in the camp fires and taking them into the tents at night to keep warm; and he went on to live for over a hundred years! Well-known for his depth of research, the author questions a number of points regarding the Great Redan that are commonly believed to be historical fact. Quoting the father of Alexander the Great, it was the Russians who, soon after the assault on the Great Redan, first referred to the British as, ‘An army of lions led on by donkeys’. For over 100 years it was stated in many publications that the most Victoria Crosses awarded for a single action was the eleven presented for actions during the defense of Rorke’s Drift during the Zulu War in 1879. However, as the author reveals, twenty of the lions who fought at the Great Redan received Britain’s highest gallantry award, in whole, or in part, for their actions on 18 June 1855. The book includes biographical tributes to many of the men who were killed in action, gives details of the places where they are commemorated, and provides biographies with all the up-to-date information concerning the twenty Victoria Cross recipients.
Download or read book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front written by Paul Oldfield and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated WWI battlefield guide explores the heroic acts honored with Victoria Crosses—and the sites where they took place—in 1918 France. Historian and battlefield tour guide Paul Oldenfield spent years researching the Victoria Cross actions of the First World War and accurately locating where each event took place. He now shares his remarkable findings with battlefield visitors and armchair historians in this fascinating series of guidebooks. This volume in the Victoria Crosses on the Western Front series covers the first Battles of the Somme in 1918, the Battle of the Lys, and other combat operation in western France. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants, while photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. Oldfield also includes a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering their families, education, civilian employment, military career, death, and commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.
Download or read book History of the Thirty third Foot Duke of Wellington s West Riding Regiment written by Albert Lee and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
