The British Army of the Eighteenth Century

Colonel H.C.B. Rogers O.B.E.

ISBN 10: 0043550118 / ISBN 13: 9780043550113

Edité par George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1977

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Good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 252 pages good and clean with clear print, indexed. Spots of foxing, mainly where the black and white photographs are in the centre of the book, no previous names. 'For nearly a century, from the reign of Queen Anne to the outbreak of the French Revolution, the British Army achieved a reputation for toughness in battle and skill in manoeuvre. Under the Duke of Marlborough the Army had only some forty years of tradition behind it, yet its great successes then, and later when it fought campaigns and maintained garrisons not only in Europe and the Mediterranean but in theatres as far-flung as India, the West Indies and America, were remarkable.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The British Army of the Eighteenth Century
• Éditeur: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London
• Date de parution: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0043550118
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780043550113
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Good

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book, originally published in 1977 examines in detail the organisation, training, and personnel of the British Army during the eighteenth century, and explains how the government policies of containing the enemy and colonial conquest were achieved. It also illustrates how the Army survived the constant nervousness of Parliament in reducing its strength after each emergency had passed. There are specific chapters devoted to the strategies of Marlborough, Amherst and Howe and to tactics as displayed at the battles of Ramillies, Fontenoy, Camden and Guildford Court House.