Blenheim, Ramilles, Oudenarde, Malplaquet much has been written about the brilliant victories of the Duke of Marlborough's Anglo-Dutch army over the armies of Louis XIV of France during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Any reader of Wood's fascinating diary with a modest knowledge of the times will fully agree with Dalrymple in his 'Military essay' of 1761 that “of all the various branches of our profession none hath made greater progress in it than the Royal Artillery”.
Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it "the Trafalgar of this war [the Seven Years War]." Arguably it was even more vital.
When the East Indiaman ‘Halsewell’, set sail from England on 1 January 1786, no one could have guessed that her dramatic demise would touch the very heart of the nation: inspire Charles Dickens to put pen to paper, J. M. W. Turner to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.
Frederick the Great is one of history’s most controversial leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe, securing Prussia’s place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916.
Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession
by James Falkner
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ISBN: 9781526718419
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2019-06-12
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
The Battle of Fontenoy marked a turning point in the War of the Austrian Succession, yet it has rarely been analysed in depth and the Europe-wide conflict in which it played a part is little understood.
Culloden Moor is one of the most famous battles in British history. In this decisive and bloody encounter in 1746 the Duke of Cumberland's government army defeated the Jacobite rebels led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Yet, despite the attention paid to this critical event, few writers have concentrated on the battle itself and on the Highland ba
The Military Life of an American Loyalist and Imperial General
by John D Grainger
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ISBN: 9781526730923
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2018-07-17
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
304 Pages
Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British service, campaigned in many parts of the world and rose through the ranks. Despite a varied and distinguished career he has not received the attention he war
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