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9781845740108: Volunteer And Intelligent Soldier?S Companion 1803: Volunteer And Intelligent Soldier?S Companion 1803
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ISBN 10 : 1845740106 ISBN 13 : 9781845740108
Editeur : Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

A British soldier’s users manual from the early Napoleonic period. This concise book covers a wide range of military matters, including the formation of companies, battalions and regiments; drill; firing; care of colours; exercises, manoevres and even military funerals. What gives this fascinating volume added authenticity is that it is the work of an anonymous private soldier who, mindful of the dangers of a Napoleonic cross-Channel invasion, then at its height, dedicates his book to Lord Charles Hope, Scottish Lord Advocate, MP for Edinburgh and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Royal Edin burgh Volunteers, with the stirring words: ‘In these times of alarm, may every Briton, animated by your soldierlike example, with firmness and alacrity, hasten to the unfurled standard of his native country’. An instructive and invaluable book for military enthusiasts. The text is accompanied by thirty copperplate illustrations and diagrams.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A British soldier’s users manual from the early Napoleonic period. This concise book covers a wide range of military matters, including the formation of companies, battalions and regiments; drill; firing; care of colours; exercises, manoevres and even military funerals. What gives this fascinating volume added authenticity is that it is the work of an anonymous private soldier who, mindful of the dangers of a Napoleonic cross-Channel invasion, then at its height, dedicates his book to Lord Charles Hope, Scottish Lord Advocate, MP for Edinburgh and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Royal Edin burgh Volunteers, with the stirring words: ‘In these times of alarm, may every Briton, animated by your soldierlike example, with firmness and alacrity, hasten to the unfurled standard of his native country’. An instructive and invaluable book for military enthusiasts. The text is accompanied by thirty copperplate illustrations and diagrams.

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Éditeur
Naval and Military Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845740106
ISBN 13 
9781845740108
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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