Author: J. W. Fortescue Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 699
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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: J. W. Fortescue Publisher: Naval & Military Press ISBN: 9781783319930 Category : Languages : en Pages : 658
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From the Battle of Hastings to the end of the Seven Years' War. Includes such battles as Bannockburn, Crecy, Agincourt, Flodden, the battles of the English Civil War, Dunkirk Dunes, Tangiers and the battles during Marlborough's campaigns.
Author: The Hon. J. W. Fortescue Publisher: Naval & Military Press ISBN: 9781474535663 Category : Languages : en Pages : 636
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1852-1870. This volume includes the Crimean War, the War in Persia, the Indian Mutiny, the campaign in China and the Ambela and Abyssinian campaigns. Finally, Fortescue looks at affairs in Great Britain and the East India Company.
Author: J. W. Fortescue Publisher: ISBN: 9781843427285 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 14
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LIST OF MAPS THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR 1. The Khyber Pass and the Bolan Pass. 2. From the Helmand, south-eastward to the Indus. 3. Ghazni. 4. Kabul. 5. The Passes between Kabul and Jalalabad THE SIND WAR 6. Hyderabad, Miani. THE CHINESE WAR 7. China (Tinghai, Chinhai, Chapu, Chinkiang-Fu). 8. Canton. 9. The Gwalior Campaign (Maharajpur). THE FIRST AND SECOND SIKH WARS 10. The Punjab 11. Ferozeshah, Mudki, Aliwal, Sobraon. 12. Chilianwala, Gujrat. THE BURMESE WAR 13. Burma (Lower irrawaddy Valley, Rangoon, Operations against Myat-Toon). THE KAFFIR WAR 14. South Africa, Eastern Frontier (Cape Colony, Natal) In the Text 1.Coorg 2. Kalat 3. Jalalabad 4. New Zealand
Author: Hon. Sir John William Fortescue Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1782891293 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 530
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Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, According to Professor Brian Bond, the work was “the product of indefatigable research in original documents, a determination to present a clear, accurate, and readable narrative of military operations, and a close personal knowledge of the battlefields, which enabled him to elucidate his account with excellent maps. Most important, however, was his motivation: namely, a lifelong affection for the old, long-service, pre-Cardwell army, the spirit of the regiments of which it largely consisted, and the value of its traditions to the nation. An important part of his task was to distil and inculcate these soldierly virtues which, in his conservative view, contrasted sharply with the unedifying character of politicians who habitually meddled in military matters.” ODNB. This third volume covers the period from 1763-1793, the European Powersfought each other via proxy but great vigour in North America and India. The British Army would have great success in India under military leaders of the calibre of Abercromby, Cornwallis and Warren Hastings. however the loss of the American Revolutionary War, gained for the Americans their Independence and the British troops, hamstrung by political foolishness, a humbling defeat. TIMES.—"Whatever Mr. Fortescue may do in the future, he has already, in his first three volumes, produced one of the most important military works in the English language. It is sincerely to be hoped that they will be read as widely as they deserve to be." ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE.—"The Hon. J. W. Fortescue is greatly to be congratulated upon the third volume of his very important History of the British Army....With the publication of this book the British Army is gaining a complete history really worthy of the name." A MUST READ for any military enthusiast.
Author: The Hon. J. W. Fortescue Publisher: Naval & Military Press ISBN: 9781474535618 Category : Languages : en Pages : 592
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1815-1838. Fortescue looks at the British Army in 1815, and particularly the recruit in England. Every detail of his life is included and the picture is an important one for all who are interested in this period of military and social history.
Author: John William Fortescue Publisher: Franklin Classics ISBN: 9780342297054 Category : Languages : en Pages : 396
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Author: J. W. Fortescue Publisher: ISBN: 9781843427315 Category : Languages : en Pages : 633
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Vol. II of Fortescue s classic history of Britain s army covers the period 1713 to 1763 when the foundations of the British Empire were laid. It includes the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745, 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 against the French and Culloden, when Scottish Jacobite rebels were crushed.,. It also covers the situation in India and the contest for mastery with the French. The expansion into North America is described and the differences that arose between the French and the British, together with Wolfe s campaigns in North America. The volume includes much material on the development of the British Army, and the problems that arose with regard to recruitment and conditions of service at that time.
Author: J. W. Fortescue
Author: Sir John William Fortescue
Author: J. W. Fortescue
Author: The Hon. J. W. Fortescue
Author: J. W. Fortescue
Author: Hon. Sir John William Fortescue
Author: The Hon. J. W. Fortescue
Author: John William Fortescue
Author: J. W. Fortescue
Author: Sir John William Fortescue