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ANNALS OF THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS: VOL 3 “The K.R.R.C.” 1831-1871: Annals Of The King?S Royal Rifle Corps: Vol 3 ?The K.R.R.C.?1831-1871 - Couverture souple

Butler, LCol Lewis

 
9781843424543: ANNALS OF THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS: VOL 3 “The K.R.R.C.” 1831-1871: Annals Of The King?S Royal Rifle Corps: Vol 3 ?The K.R.R.C.?1831-1871
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ISBN 10 : 1843424541 ISBN 13 : 9781843424543
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

The third in the excellent five-volume history of the K.R.R.C. takes the story from the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars in the 1830s to 1873. The 19th c. K.R.R.C. was the creation of Col. Robert Beaufoy Hawley, who adapted its early principles to mid-19th century military conditions. The early chapters detail the unit’s service in Ireland and the Mediterranean, recounting such hazards as the capture of officers by Balkan brigands, shipwrecks and an outbreak of yellow fever in Jamaica which carried off a Col. A. F. Ellis MP. Serving in South Africa and India, the Corps took part in the 2nd Sikh War under Sir Charles Napier, the siege of Mooltan and camapaigns against the Afghan tribes. The book describes the discontent which led to the Indian Mutiny, and the Mutiny itself, in which the Corps took part in the siege and storming of Delhi - winning no fewer than seven VCs in the action. The Corps took part in the ‘Opium Wars’ in China, helping to capture Peking (Beijing). Later in the century the Corps was deployed to counter Chartiist unrest in Britain and Irish Fenians in Ireland itself and Canada. It also took part in the Red River expedition under Colonel Garnet Wolseley. With three appendices detailing regimental leisure activities and battle honours, eight illustrations and six maps.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The third in the excellent five-volume history of the K.R.R.C. takes the story from the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars in the 1830s to 1873. The 19th c. K.R.R.C. was the creation of Col. Robert Beaufoy Hawley, who adapted its early principles to mid-19th century military conditions. The early chapters detail the unit’s service in Ireland and the Mediterranean, recounting such hazards as the capture of officers by Balkan brigands, shipwrecks and an outbreak of yellow fever in Jamaica which carried off a Col. A. F. Ellis MP. Serving in South Africa and India, the Corps took part in the 2nd Sikh War under Sir Charles Napier, the siege of Mooltan and camapaigns against the Afghan tribes. The book describes the discontent which led to the Indian Mutiny, and the Mutiny itself, in which the Corps took part in the siege and storming of Delhi - winning no fewer than seven VCs in the action. The Corps took part in the ‘Opium Wars’ in China, helping to capture Peking (Beijing). Later in the century the Corps was deployed to counter Chartiist unrest in Britain and Irish Fenians in Ireland itself and Canada. It also took part in the Red River expedition under Colonel Garnet Wolseley. With three appendices detailing regimental leisure activities and battle honours, eight illustrations and six maps.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Development of the modern Corps under Colonel Hawley and its mid 19th-c. deployment in Ireland and India, in which 7 VCs were won in the storming of Delhi.

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1843424541
ISBN 13 
9781843424543
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
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