Author: J. G. MaydonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
French's Cavalry Campaign
Author: J. G. MaydonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
French's Cavalry Campaign
Author: J G MaydonPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021465177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Relive the thrilling adventures of French's cavalry during the American Civil War, as chronicled by J.G. Maydon, a British journalist who accompanied the troops on their campaigns. Featuring vivid descriptions of battles, interviews with commanders, and portraits of soldiers, this book offers a rare and valuable perspective on one of the most dramatic episodes in American 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.
FRENCHS CAVALRY CAMPAIGN
Author: J. G. MaydonPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781362079644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
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French's Cavalry Campaign (Classic Reprint)
Author: J. G. MaydonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333428181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Excerpt from French's Cavalry Campaign That a struggle between the two Caucasian races in South Africa was so impossible an occurrence as the surface politician and the general mass Of the inhabitants of Great Britain believed, nobody would maintain who had either lived observantly in the Transvaal for the ten years, or in the Orange Free State for the five years, before the war, or who had studied the story of the two peoples, particularly in relation to the Cape. 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.
Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign
Author: Sir Evelyn WoodPublisher: London, Low
ISBN:
Category : Cavalry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The French Cavalry in 1870
Author: Jean Jacques Theophile BoniePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cavalry drill and tactics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Cavalry in the Franco-Prussian War
Author: Jean Jacques the BoniePublisher:
ISBN: 9780857063793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Actions of French Cavalry 1870 by Jean Jacques The ophile Bonie Cavalry at Vionville & Mars-la-Tour by Otto August Johannes Kaehler Two views of European cavalry warfare in the 19th Century If the American Civil War taught what war would become in the world of the post Industrial Revolution, the lesson was thoroughly learnt and its consequences best demonstrated in the Franco-Prussian War by Prussia itself. France remained anchored in spirit and much practice to the First Empire and paid the inevitable price exacted by her forward thinking enemy. Although the development of technology, logistical transportation, communications and mass production were making their presence felt in warfare, the fast, completely flexible movement of troops yet remained the province of the horse soldier and this may have provided a 'level playing field' for the protagonists. Yet even in this the Prussians out matched the French by rethinking the potentials of the mounted arm. The war contained cavalry engagements of massive proportions with appalling consequences for loss of life. For those who know anything of the history of cavalry at war the conflict of Mars-la-Tour, covered in depth in the pages of this book, will be significant. Two accounts of the cavalry during the Franco-Prussian War are included here. The first, written by a French cavalry officer shortly after the war, inevitably reveals the war from the French perspective. Bonie was an eyewitness to the events he describes and his text is immediate and poignant. Kaehler's text, from the perspective of the opposing camp, is a work of analytical history, though of equal value. This book originally appeared with a third piece concerning the American Civil War but this has been removed from this edition by the Leonaur editors to give the present edition a clearer more focus. Available in softcover and hardback for collectors.
The French at Waterloo - Eyewitness Accounts
Author: Andrew W FieldPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526768534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This volume of French eyewitness accounts of Waterloo, published for the first time in full in English, completes Andrew Fields pioneering work on the French experience in this decisive battle. These vivid recollections add a new dimension to our understanding of what happened on 18 June 1815. Readers will now be in a position to come to their own conclusions and they can compare the French accounts with those of soldiers from the allied armies, in particular the British, which have largely determined our assumptions about the battle for the last 200 years. They will also gain a heightened insight into the trauma that the French eyewitnesses went through on the battlefield and afterwards as they tried to explain and come to terms their loss. This second volume features graphic descriptions of the battle as it was remembered by men of the 2nd and 6th corps, cavalry, artillery and Imperial Guard and medical services of Napoleons army. Their words give us not only a telling inside view their actions during that extraordinary day, but they also record in graphic detail what they saw and show us how they reacted to Napoleons historic defeat.
Hastenbeck 1757
Author: Olivier LaprayPublisher: Helion
ISBN: 9781914059803
Category : Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The story of the campaign that led to the victory at Hastenbeck can be told from the human perspective thanks to the large body of memoirs and letters from officers, both general and subordinate, of cavalry and infantry regiments.
Napoleon’s Cavalry: A Key Element to Decisive Victory
Author: Major Thomas A. ShoffnerPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786250012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Napoleon’s rise to power in the late eighteenth century occurred at a time when the structure of most European armies was based on the paradigm army of Frederick the Great. Napoleon, however, changed all of this and in a few short years transformed the French army into the most powerful force on the continent of Europe. During the period of 1805 to 1813, Napoleon’s army had no equal with regard to operational effectiveness. Speed and positioning of forces were the two main characteristics that made the French army so successful. These same two characteristics were also inherent to French cavalry units. Thus, the central research question is: What influence did cavalry have upon Napoleon’s operations? To facilitate this study, two campaigns were examined that illustrate cavalry’s impact on Napoleon’s operations. The first campaign was the Jena Campaign of 1806; the second was the Saxony Campaign of 1813. The Jena Campaign demonstrated that with the employment of sufficient and well-trained cavalry, Napoleon could render his victories decisive through the complete destruction of the enemy army. Conversely, the Saxony Campaign demonstrated that without the effective employment of sufficient and well-trained cavalry, Napoleon could not obtain the complete destruction of the enemy army and thus, his victories were hollow, or at best Pyrrhic. Therefore, based on the analysis of these two campaigns, this study has concluded that Napoleon’s cavalry was a key element for Napoleon achieving complete destruction of the enemy army, thus rendering his victories decisive.