Author: Hamilton BassoPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday 1959.
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Influential family of Pompey's Head during the critical years of the Secession and the fall of the South.
The Light Infantry Ball
Author: Hamilton BassoPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday 1959.
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Influential family of Pompey's Head during the critical years of the Secession and the fall of the South.
Worcester Light Infantry, 1803-1922
Author: Herbert Lincoln AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE (JANUARY 1908)
Author: Publisher: Royal Highland Fusiliers
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1808–1811
Author: Tim SaundersPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526757354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Histories of the Light Division have tended to be incomplete, being based on memoirs of a few well known diarists, principally from the 95th Rifles. The authors of this book, the first volume of two, have sought memoirs from across the division, including the artillery, the King’s German Hussars and others to complete a broader history of Wellington’s elite division. Light infantry was not new a concept in 1803, but at Shorncliffe Camp Sir John Moore developed a progressive ethos, set of tactics and training for the newly converted light infantry regiments. With the 95th Rifles they were melded into a brigade that was to form the basis of the incomparable Light Division. From the outset of the Peninsular campaigns in 1808 they delivered results way beyond their scant numbers, but it was during the epic winter retreat to La Corunna that they showed their metal. Returning to the Peninsular months later, the irascible Brigadier Craufurd led the Light Brigade in terrible march to reach Wellington at Talavera; heavily laden and in the heat of summer. Over the winter of 1809/10, Craufurd,s battalions, now elevated to the status of a division, provided the army’s outposts. This was work that Craufurd excelled in and actions abounded, including the Combat on the Côa, where the division fought hard to escape Marshal Ney’s trap. In 1810, with Wellington withdrawing to the Lines of Torres Vedra, the Light Division played a significant part in the battle of Buçaco Ridge, while the following year they drove Marshal Masséna’s army back into Spain having fought almost daily actions en route. This history of the Light Division is not simply a series of set piece battles but provides a wider picture of campaigning and what it was to be a light infantry soldier.
A practical guide for the light infantry officer
Author: Thomas Henry CooperParliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
A Practical Guide for the Light Infantry Officer ...
Author: Thomas Hammont CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
... Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856
Author: United States. Military Commission to EuropePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artillery
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Report: Bull Run. Ball's Bluff
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the WarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description