A History of the Coldstream Guards from 1815 to 1895 - Couverture souple

Ross, Lt Col Of Bladensburg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 178331205X ISBN 13 : 9781783312054

Editeur : Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

The regiment formed part of the British occupation forces of Paris until 1816, after the Battle of Waterloo. Good and detailed coverage of the Regiments service in the Crimean War, were it fought in the battles of Alma, Inkerman and Sevastopol. On return to England four of the Guardsmen were awarded the newly instituted Victoria Cross for gallant service during the campaign. The regiment received its current name, The Coldstream Guards, in 1855. In 1882 they were sent to Egypt against the rebels of Ahmed 'Urabi, coverage of the famous night march Tel el Kebir is given. The second part of the war in 1885, the Suakin Campaign, is detailed including the decisive Tofrek action. Very well drawn and detailed uniform plates spanning 1669 -1995 complete this classic 19th century Regimental History. A detailed history of the oldest regiment in the British Army covering its service from the victory of Waterloo onwards to the end of the 19th century.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Colonel Mac Kinnon s Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards, from the victory of Waterloo down to the year 1885. They have been compiled with great care and much labour, and the reader will, I trust, feel justified in adding, with accuracy and marked ability. The first few chapters deal with events that took place in France, after Waterloo, including the military occupation of the North-E astern frontier by the A llies, up to the year 1818. The period onwards to the Crimean War, although containing but few accounts of interest concerning the career of the Regiment, is valuable as continuing, to a considerable extent, the history of events in Europe so far as that is consistent with the subject of the present volume. There is reference, nevertheless, to the part taken by the Regiment in the suppression of the Canadian rebellion. From the date, however, of 1854, the subject assumes a different character, and is of absorbing interest to every Officer and man associated with the Coldstream Guards. The events connected with that campaign have been carefully selected from thoroughly authentic sources; they are recorded in no spirit of vainglory or self-sufficiency, but as a true and faithful tale of the share which the Regiment took in that eventful war, illustrating, as it does, acts of gallantry, a noble and uncomplaining endurance of difficulties and hardships, and a strict performance of duty under very trying circumstances. The accuracy of the record of the more recent Egyptian campaigns is of special value, from the fact of the author of this work having himself taken an active part in one of them. The perusal of these records will be accompanied by the conviction which exists in the minds of all of us, that those who replace their gallant predecessors will, when their turn comes, deserve equally well of their country. FRED. STEPHENSON, General, Colone
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval & Military Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178331205X
• ISBN 13: 9781783312054
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible