Diary Of Colonel Bayly

Author : Richard Bayly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : India
ISBN : HARVARD:32044050501733

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Author : Bayly Colonel Bayly,Colonel Bayly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
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Release : 2006-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1847341926

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Diary of Colonel Bayly, 12th Regiment. 1796-1830 (Seringapatam 1799) by Bayly Colonel Bayly,Colonel Bayly Pdf

Author : Richard Bayly
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 288 pages
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Release : 2017-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0282214836

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Diary of Colonel Bayly, 12th Regiment by Richard Bayly Pdf

Excerpt from Diary of Colonel Bayly, 12th Regiment: 1796-1830 Come, come, Robert, this is carrying the joke too far you will make me melancholy if you talk in this manner; I may also lose a leg, and then she will like me the better for the dangers I have been through. 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 : Richard Bayly
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 292 pages
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Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 135754703X

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Author : Naval & Military Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
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Release : 2002-09
Category : History
ISBN : 184342374X

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Diary of Colonel Bayly, 12th Regiment, 1796-1830 (Seringapatam 1799) by Naval & Military Press Pdf

Bayly was commissioned in the 12th Foot (later The Suffolk Regiment) in 1796 at the age of 16 and served with the regiment for the next 34 years. As a young subaltern he obviously had an eye for the girls, in fact his descriptions could suggest he was the original wolf-whistler. He got the wrong girl when stationed on the Isle of Wight; her two hefty brothers gave him a hammering and kicking and threw him into the street where two passing soldiers picked him up. No doubt they dined out on that story. Duelling was another feature of his time and in one Bayly he fought over some trifling incident, he fired wide but his opponent, only eight feet away, took careful aim but his pistol misfired, whereupon our hero called out: Captain Crawford, that cannot be considered as a shot, therefore fire again! What a splendid sportsman! What a complete idiot! Fortunately Crawford declined the offer, otherwise there may have been no memoirs for us to read. Much of Bayly s service was in India and in one passage he describes his baggage for six months field service: two bullocks laden with biscuits, two with wine and brandy, two with his trunks, four for the marquee and in addition two personal servants and six coolies to carry his furniture, in all ten bullocks and eight servants most of whom were accompanied by their entire families - grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and whole generations of children; and Bayly was just one young subaltern in an expedition 20,000 strong. His descriptions of active service in India are very vivid, none more so than the campaign against Tippoo Sahib and the bloody fighting for Seringapatam. Of particular interest in this battle is Bayly s account of the behaviour of Colonel Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) commanding the 33rd Foot whose attack on a wood was repulsed with great slaughter. Apparently Wellesley took to flight, abandoning his command leaving it to his 2IC, Major Shea, who didn t know what had happened to his CO. The general opinion was that Wellesley should have been court-martialled but his brother was Governor General of India and that, according to Bayly, saved his skin. Bayly s final posting was to Gibraltar in September 1828 where he assumed command of the regiment. He arrived just in time for the outbreak of yellow fever, a plague that took 4,000 lives in the first six weeks and ran on for three months. Bayly finally retired in 1830 and leaving Gibraltar he gave it a real soldier s farewell, bidding adieu to that hot-bed of vice, filth and disease, the barren rock of Gibraltar. This is a highly entertaining memoir.

Author : Richard Bayly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : India
ISBN : HARVARD:32044050501733

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Author : Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Medicine, Military
ISBN : UCAL:B4424948

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Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps by Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps Pdf

Author : Martin R. Howard
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 270 pages
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Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473894488

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Wellington and the British Army's Indian Campaigns, 1798–1805 by Martin R. Howard Pdf

This “superb account of the British Army under Wellington in India reads like one of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels, or, better still, a Flashman novel” (Books Monthly). The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for the war in India which persisted for much of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods and peaked in the years 1798-1805 with the campaigns of Arthur Wellesley—later the Duke of Wellington—and General Lake in the Deccan and Hindustan. That is why this new study by Martin Howard is so timely and important. While it fully acknowledges Wellington’s vital role, it also addresses the nature of the warring armies, the significance of the campaigns of Lake in North India, and leaves the reader with an understanding of the human experience of war in the region. For this was a brutal conflict in which British armies clashed with the formidable forces of the Sultan of Mysore and the Maratha princes. There were dramatic pitched battles at Assaye, Argaum, Delhi and Laswari, and epic sieges at Seringapatam, Gawilghur and Bhurtpore. The British success was not universal. “An absorbing account of Wellesley/Lord Wellington which shows how his actions in India had a significant effect on the development of the British Empire and events through to the modern era.—Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench “An eye opener on the power and influence of the East India Company at this time. A jolly good read.” —Clash of Steel

Author : Huw J. Davies
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300268539

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The Wandering Army by Huw J. Davies Pdf

A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe “Superb analysis.”—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army’s military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army’s leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw J. Davies traces the British Army’s accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from war zones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century.

Author : Gavin Daly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108872805

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Storm and Sack by Gavin Daly Pdf

During the Peninsular War, Wellington's army stormed and sacked three French-held Spanish towns: Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), Badajoz (1812) and San Sebastian (1813). Storm and Sack is the first major study of British soldiers' violence and restraint towards enemy combatants and civilians in the siege warfare of the Napoleonic era. Using soldiers' letters, diaries and memoirs, Gavin Daly compares and contrasts military practices and attitudes across British sieges spanning three continents, from the Peninsular War in Spain to India and South America. He focuses on siege rituals and laws of war, and uncovering the cultural and emotional history of the storm and sack of towns. This book challenges conventional understandings of the place and nature of sieges in the Napoleonic Wars. It encourages a rethinking of the notorious reputations of the British sacks of this period and their place within the long-term history of customary laws of war and siege violence. Daly reveals a multifaceted story not only of rage, enmity, plunder and atrocity but also of mercy, honour, humanity and moral outrage.

Author : George E. Jaycock
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526733542

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Wellington's Command by George E. Jaycock Pdf

A military historian assesses the leadership style of the man who defeated Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Waterloo cemented his reputation as a great general, and much subsequent writing on his career has taken an uncritical, sometimes chauvinistic view of his talents. Little has been published that fully pins down the reality of Wellington’s leadership, clearly identifying his weaknesses as well as his strengths. George E. Jaycock, in this perceptive and thought-provoking reassessment, does not aim to undermine Wellington’s achievements, but to provide a more nuanced perspective. He clarifies some simple but fundamental truths regarding his leadership and his performance as a commander. Through an in-depth study of his actions over the war years of 1808 to 1815, the author reassesses Wellington’s effectiveness as a commander, the competence of his subordinates, and the qualities of the troops he led. His study gives a fascinating insight into Wellington’s career and abilities. Wellington’s Command is absorbing reading for both military historians and those with an interest in the Napoleonic period.

Author : Paul Thompson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399048453

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The British Cheer by Paul Thompson Pdf

This is a bold, painstakingly researched and wide-ranging assessment of the British Cheer in the Napoleonic era. Reference to the Cheer in accounts of the time is virtually ubiquitous and repeatedly the claim was made for cheering as an integral part of British offensive operations. However, more recent historians have tended to overlook this evidence. Based upon a vast range of contemporary sources, this book suggests that the Cheer wielded genuine power as a true 'weapon of war'. This book first surveys the history of acclamations in battle worldwide and British battle-cries from all periods, before addressing the question of what the British Cheer actually sounded like. Issues of acoustics, physics and the psychology of battlefield morale are considered, along with commentaries from significant military scholars throughout history. Examination of the Napoleonic-era Cheer then reveals the practically invincible 'recipe' of volley-cheer-charge that propelled the British Army to victory upon victory. Comparison is drawn with French and other national patterns of vocalizing, along with analysis of those occasions when the Cheer might be suppressed. Finally, the attitude of the Duke of Wellington towards cheering is reconsidered, with surprising results. This study encompasses a vast canvas of place and time in pursuit of the elusive yet galvanizing Cheer: from the Mahratta wars in India, through campaigns in Egypt, the Mediterranean, Flanders, the Caribbean and South America, as well as the war of 1812. The Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns feature prominently as the Cheer is heard thrillingly from Vimeiro to Talavera, Salamanca to Vitoria, Orthez to Toulouse and the shocking siege of Badajoz to the charge of the Scots Greys on the ridge of Mont Saint Jean. Anyone interested in the wars of Revolutionary France and Napoleon, the British army, the career of the Duke of Wellington, or indeed the wider questions of the psychological motivations of combat will find this book illuminating and thought-provoking.

Author : Rory Muir
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300198607

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Wellington by Rory Muir Pdf

The leading Wellington historian’s fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, his momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool’s cabinet, and became prime minister in 1828. He later served as a senior minister in Peel’s government and remained commander-in-chief of the army for a decade until his death in 1852. In this richly detailed work, the second and concluding volume of Rory Muir’s definitive biography, the author offers a substantial reassessment of Wellington’s significance as a politician and a nuanced view of the private man behind the legend of the selfless hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war. And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self. “[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography.” —Lawrence James, Times (London) “Muir conveys the military, political, social and personal sides of Wellington’s career with equal brilliance. This will be the leading work on the subject for decades.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel

Author : Ravi Ahuja,Martin Christof-Füchsle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110640809

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A Great War in South India by Ravi Ahuja,Martin Christof-Füchsle Pdf

This book examines documents from the wars between the British colonial power and the South Indian regional power Mysore between 1766 and 1799. It transcribes and makes available for the first time the rich German documentation of a war that was as destructive as the Thirty Years War in Germany.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : India
ISBN : MINN:31951D007380181

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Journal of the United Service Institution of India by Anonim Pdf