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Author : John Buchan
Publisher : London : Nelson
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:$B16106
Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : LCCN:26002251
Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845742885
For the first ten years of its existence the regiment was on the Scottish establishment, but with the abdication of James II and the arrival of William (and Mary) the RSF came over to the English establishment as a Fusilier regiment (it had been equipped with 'fusils' instead of matchlocks), first known as The Scots Fusiliers Regiment of Foot, changed around 1713 to The Royal North British Fusiliers and when, in 1751, the regiments of the line were numbered it became the 21st (Royal North British) Fusiliers Regiment of Foot. This was its title till 1877 when it became the 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, and finally, in 1881, The Royal Scots Fusiliers. Most regimental histories cover the 1914-18 War in one or more separate volumes, but here that conflict takes up the final third or so of the book in which Buchan devotes one chapter to each year of the war and, at the end of the chapter, lists in alphabetical order the names of the officers who died in that year, with date but not place (theatre) of death. As there were nine battalions (1, 2, 1/4, 1/5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12) which between them served on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and Macedonia, this doesn't leave too much room for detail. But this lack is redressed by some fine, descriptive writing which provides the reader with a clear picture of the regiment's part in that war. Four VCs were won and the dead numbered 5,600. It is the same with the pre-1914 history which makes for easy and absorbing reading. In its early days the regiment fought against the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745, and was in the centre of Cumberland's first line at Culloden which put an end to the Highland rebellion. In the American War of Independence the regiment was part of Burgoyne's force compelled to surrender at Saratoga. In 1814 the regiment led the way in the capture of Washington. It fought at the Alma and Inkerman in the Crimea, at Ulundi in the Zulu War and in the S African War won its first VC at Colenso. In an appendix all the Colonels of the regiment are listed and the COs of all the battalions.
Author : James Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433006970895
Author : James Fl 1885 Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1363213563
Author : James Clark
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 134667714X
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Author : James Clark (of the Royal Scots fusiliers.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590236696
Author : Trevor Royle
Publisher : Random House
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780572529
The Royal Highland Fusiliers came into being in 1959 as a result of the amalgamation of two regiments, both of which had strong connections with Glasgow and the west of Scotland: The Royal Scots Fusiliers, founded in 1678 by Charles Erskine, fifth Earl of Mar; and The Highland Light Infantry, or HLI, created in 1881 as a result of the amalgamation of the 71st Highlanders and the 74th Highlanders. Two distinctive infantry traditions can be found in the names of these regiments, which have helped to form the line infantry regiments of the British Army. Fusiliers were armed with the flintlock fusil instead of the more common matchlock musket, and light infantry came into being during the Napoleonic Wars to provide the army with a corps of skirmishing sharpshooters similar to Austrian and German Jäger troops. Amongst those who have served as fusiliers or light infantrymen are Hugh Trenchard, who became Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Winston Churchill and David Niven, who joined the HLI from Sandhurst in the inter-war years. All these traditions and personalities went into the making of a regiment whose name lives on in the 2nd battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, which was formed in 2006 as a result of the restructuring of the infantry regiments of the British Army.
Author : James Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1843422409
This concise regimental history is prefaced bty half a dozen handsome colour plates showing the regiment s colours and uniforms. Raised in 1678 under Charles II, the Royal Scots saw their first action against their fellow Scots at the battle of Bothwell Bridge. Under William III theyt fought the French at the battles of Walcourt, Steenkirk and Linden. In the War of the Spanish Succession under the Duke of Marlbrough they took part in the victories of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet. Aftyer the Treaty of Utrecht ended the war, they helped put down the 1715 Jacobite rebellion at the battle of Sherrifmuir. In 1743, they were again fighting the French at Dettingen - the last battle in which a reigning British king (George II) took part. They later fought in the battle of Fontenoy, in which France defeated the British. In 1745 they were hastily recalled from Flanders to put down Prince Charles Edward Stuart s rebellion, which they helped crush in April 1746 at the battle of Culloden. They were engaged in the American war of Independence, and subsequently fought the French in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean., before returning to America where they took part in the burning of Washington in the War of 1814. After garrison duty in India and Ireland, the Fusiliers took part in the Crimean War, and were present at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and the siege of Sebastopol. In 1879 the 2nd Battalion helped defeat the Zulus at the battle of Ulundi.
Author : Arthur S. White
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781781505397
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Author : Charles Herbert Stewart
Publisher : Department of National Defence, Library
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : WISC:89077097491
Author : W. Mitchinson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137451613
William Mitchinson analyses the role and performance of the Territorial Force during the first two years of World War I. The study looks at the way the force was staffed and commanded, its relationship with the Regular Army and the War Office, and how most of its 1st Line divisions managed to retain and promote their local identities.
Author : Graham Maddocks
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850525793
Montauban was the southernmost of the Somme villages attacked by the British Army on 1 July, 1916, and it was where there was the greatest success. This new book in the series takes the reader over ground where Captain Nevill kicked a football on going over the top, where the Somme cameramen took some of their most evocative footage and where Pals battalions engaged in a triumphant first major engagement.
Author : Dr Martin Samuels,Martin Samuels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135238421
This is a comparative study of the fighting systems of the British and German armies in The Great War. Taking issue with revisionist historians, Samuels argues that German success in battle can be explained by their superior tactical philosophy. The book provides a fascinating insight into the development of infantry tactics at a seminal point in the history of warfare.
Author : Spiers Edward M. Spiers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748654017
The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare.A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of the Scottish military tradition. This wide-ranging and extensively illustrated volume traces the military history of Scotland from pre-history to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. Edited by three leading military historians, and featuring contributions from thirty scholars, it explores the role of warfare in the emergence of a Scottish kingdom, the forging of a Scottish-British military identity, and the participation of Scots in Britain's imperial and world wars. Eschewing a narrow definition of military history, it investigates the cultural and physical dimensions of Scotland's military past such as Scottish military dress and music, the role of the Scottish soldier in art and literature, Scotland's fortifications and battlefield archaeology, and Scotland's military memorials and museum collections.