The British Army, 1783–1815

The British Army, 1783–1815
Author: Kevin Linch
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526738023
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The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue. That is why this carefully considered new study by Kevin Linch is of such value. He brings together fresh perspectives on the army in one of its most tumultuous – and famous – eras, exploring the global range of its deployment, the varieties of soldiering it had to undertake, its close ties to the political and social situation of the time, and its complex relationship with British society and culture. In the face of huge demands on its manpower and direct military threats to the British Isles and territories across the globe, the army had to adapt. As Kevin Linch demonstrates, some changes were significant while others were, in the end, minor or temporary. In the process he challenges the ‘Road to Waterloo’ narrative of the army’s steady progress from the nadir of the 1780s and early 1790s, to its strong performances throughout the Peninsular War and its triumph at the Battle of Waterloo. His reassessment shows an army that was just good enough to cope with the demanding campaigns it undertook.

The Royal Kalendar

The Royal Kalendar
Author: Multiple Contributors
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2018-04-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781385306611
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ John Rylands University Library of Manchester T170523 At head of titlepage: "Corrected to the 13th of April, 1799.." London: printed for J. Debrett: G. G. and J. Robinson, G. & T. Wilkie, L. B. Seeley, H. D. Symonds [and 12 others in London, 1799] iv,324p.; 12°

A New Edition (corrected to the 1st of March 1776,) of The Royal Kalendar; Or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1776; Including a Compleat and Correct List of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, Summoned to Meet for Their First Session on the 29th of November 1774. Upon a New and More Extensive Plan Than Any Hitherto Offered to the Public: Containing, England. I. Complete and Correct Lists of Both Houses of Parliament; All the State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, at the Court, in the City of London, and Different Parts of the Kingdom; the Army and Navy; Baronets, Universities, Hospitals, &c. &c. Scotland. II. All the Peers, Baronets; State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, Universities, Physicians, &c. Ireland. III. Both Houses of Parliament, a Complete List of the Baronets, All the Law, State, Revenue, and Public Offices, Bankers, Deans, &c. &c. America. IV. The Military and Civil Establishments; Governors, Law and Revenue Officers, Agents, &c. &c. And Corrected at the Respective Offices

A New Edition (corrected to the 1st of March 1776,) of The Royal Kalendar; Or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1776; Including a Compleat and Correct List of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, Summoned to Meet for Their First Session on the 29th of November 1774. Upon a New and More Extensive Plan Than Any Hitherto Offered to the Public: Containing, England. I. Complete and Correct Lists of Both Houses of Parliament; All the State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, at the Court, in the City of London, and Different Parts of the Kingdom; the Army and Navy; Baronets, Universities, Hospitals, &c. &c. Scotland. II. All the Peers, Baronets; State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, Universities, Physicians, &c. Ireland. III. Both Houses of Parliament, a Complete List of the Baronets, All the Law, State, Revenue, and Public Offices, Bankers, Deans, &c. &c. America. IV. The Military and Civil Establishments; Governors, Law and Revenue Officers, Agents, &c. &c. And Corrected at the Respective Offices
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 1776
Genre: Almanacs, English
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