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Author : J.W Fortescue
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 426 pages
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Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752353396
Reproduction of the original: A History of the British Army by J.W Fortescue
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 496 pages
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Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1986855244
A History of the British Army Vol. 2 is one of the great works of Sir J. W. Fortescue about the british army.
Author : John William Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
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Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337538894
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
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Release : 2018-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 171916441X
A History of the British Army Vol. 2 (of 2) is part two of a classic history of the British army.
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 698 pages
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Release : 2023-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547781820
History of the British Army is an exhaustive military study which gives a comprehensive coverage of the English military situation from the beginning until the late 18th century and the formation of the New Model Army. Starting from the 11th century and the Battle of Hastings the author comprises six centuries of British history endeavoring to point out occurrences and incident that were essential to a coherent sketch of the growth of the British military system. One of the goals of the work was to correct the injustice of numerous political histories which have the Army, Navy, and the whole question of National Defense left out of account.
Author : Sir John William Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
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Release : 1935
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015051363151
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0265505038
Excerpt from A History of the British Army, Vol. 2: First Part, to the Close of the Seven Years' War The work of disbanding the Army began some months 1713 before the final conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Sir J W Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9395675012
The author's design was to write the history of the Army down to the year 1870, the two present volumes carrying the story down to the Peace of Paris in 1763, and two future volumes bringing it forward to the great reforms which virtually closed the life of old Army and opened that of a new. Accordingly, the author has compressed the six hundred years of our military history from Hastings to Naseby into one-third that number of pages, endeavouring only to set down such points and incidents as were essential to a coherent sketch of the growth of our military system. This book is in two volumes covering the period to the close of Seven Years War.
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : MACMILLAN AND CO
Page : 328 pages
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Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The work of disbanding the Army began some months before the final conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht. By Christmas 1712 thirteen regiments of dragoons, twenty-two of foot, and several companies of invalids who had been called up to do duty owing to the depletion of the regular garrisons, had been actually broken. The Treaty was no sooner signed than several more were disbanded, making thirty-three thousand men discharged in all. More could not be reduced until the eight thousand men who were left in garrison in Flanders could be withdrawn, but even so the total force on the British Establishment, including all colonial garrisons, had sunk in 1714 to less than thirty thousand men. The soldiers received as usual a small bounty on discharge; and great inducements were offered to persuade them to take service in the colonies, or, in other words, to go into perpetual exile. But this disbandment was by no means so commonplace and artless an affair as might at first sight appear. One of the first measures taken in hand by Bolingbroke and by his creature Ormonde was the remodelling of the Army, by which term was signified the elimination of officers and of whole corps that favoured the Protestant succession, to make way for those attached to the Jacobite interest. Prompted by such motives, and wholly careless of the feelings of the troops, they violated the old rule that the youngest regiments should always be the first to be disbanded, and laid violent hands on several veteran corps. The Seventh and Eighth Dragoons, the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-third, Thirty-second, Thirtieth, Twenty-ninth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-second, and Fourteenth Foot were ruthlessly sacrificed; nay, even the Sixth, one of the sacred six old regiments, and distinguished above all others in the Spanish War, was handed over for dissolution like a regiment of yesterday. There were bitter words and stormy scenes among regimental officers over such shameless, unjust, and insulting procedure. All these designs, however, were suddenly shattered by the death of Queen Anne. The accession of the Elector of Hanover to the throne was accomplished with a tranquillity which must have amazed even those who desired it most. Before the new King could arrive the country was gladdened by the return of the greatest of living Englishmen. Landing at Dover on the very day of the Queen's death, Marlborough was received with salutes of artillery and shouts of delight from a joyful crowd. Proceeding towards London next day he was met by the news that his name was excluded from the list of Lords-Justices to whom the government of the country was committed pending the King's arrival. Deeply chagrined, but preserving always his invincible serenity, he pushed on to the capital, intending to enter it with the same privacy that he had courted during his banishment in the Low Countries. But the people had decided that his entry must be one of triumph; and a tumultuous welcome from all classes showed that the country could and would make amends for the shameful treatment meted out to him two years before. On the 18th of September King George landed at Greenwich, and shortly afterwards the new ministry was nominated. Stanhope, the brilliant soldier of the Peninsular War, became second Secretary-of-State; William Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, Secretary-at-War; Robert Walpole, Paymaster of the Forces; while Marlborough with some reluctance resumed his old appointments of Captain-General, Master-General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the First Guards. He soon found, however, that though he held the titles, he did not hold the authority of the offices, and that the true control of the Army was transferred to the Secretary-at-War. To be continue in this ebook...
Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1341147568
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Author : J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
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Release : 2022-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354783864
Author : Sir John William Fortescue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
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Release : 1976
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PSU:000064040578
Author : The Hon. J. W. Fortescue
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1474535402
Covers from 1713 to 1763 and includes the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, the scandals of the reign of King George I, the war with Spain and the dispute over the Austrian Succession, and the Battles of Fontenoy and Culloden.
Author : Cecil C. P. Lawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655793857
Author : J W Fortescue
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021411515
This volume of Fortescue's comprehensive history of the British Army covers the period from the end of the Peninsular War to the Battle of Waterloo. With detailed accounts of battles and campaigns, readers will gain a thorough understanding of one of the most storied fighting forces in history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.