Isbn: 9781399014502 - destructive and formidable: british infantry firepower, 1642-1765 (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British Armys victories over the French at battles such as Blenheim in 1704, Minden and Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantrys particularly effective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore has gone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources to discover the reasons behind this. This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures and practices of soldiers in a given period and analyses those in order understand how things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did. In doing so, he has discovered a specifically British set of tactics, which created this effectiveness and allowed it to be maintained over such a long period, correcting many of the misconceptions about British infantry firepower in the age of the musket and linear warfare in a major new contribution to our understanding of an important period of British military history. AUTHOR: Dr David Blackmore is a former curator at the Royal Armouries and the author of Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, British Cavalry of the Mid-18th Century and many other articles and contributions to books. 14 diagrams Examines the effectiveness of British infantry firepower from 1642 to 1765. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British Armys victories over the French at battles such as Blenheim in 1704, Minden and Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantrys particularly effective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore has gone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources to discover the reasons behind this. This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures and practices of soldiers in a given period and analyses those in order understand how things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did. In doing so, he has discovered a specifically British set of tactics, which created this effectiveness and allowed it to be maintained over such a long period, correcting many of the misconceptions about British infantry firepower in the age of the musket and linear warfare in a major new contribution to our understanding of an important period of British military history. AUTHOR: Dr David Blackmore is a former curator at the Royal Armouries and the author of Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, British Cavalry of the Mid-18th Century and many other articles and contributions to books. 14 diagrams Examines the effectiveness of British infantry firepower from 1642 to 1765. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British Armys victories over the French at battles such as Blenheim in 1704, Minden and Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantrys particularly effective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore has gone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources to discover the reasons behind this. This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures and practices of soldiers in a given period and analyses those in order understand how things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did. In doing so, he has discovered a specifically British set of tactics, which created this effectiveness and allowed it to be maintained over such a long period, correcting many of the misconceptions about British infantry firepower in the age of the musket and linear warfare in a major new contribution to our understanding of an important period of British military history. AUTHOR: Dr David Blackmore is a former curator at the Royal Armouries and the author of Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, British Cavalry of the Mid-18th Century and many other articles and contributions to books. 14 diagrams Examines the effectiveness of British infantry firepower from 1642 to 1765. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…