The Conduct Of Our Officers As Well General as Inferior In The Late Battle Near Tournay, Examined And The Causes Of Our Defeat Assign'd In A New And More Authentic Account Of The Whole Action, Than Any That Has Yet been Published. (Fontenoy)

Anon.

Verlag: M. Cooper (printer), London., 1745

Beschreibung

54 pages stating the case of the conduct of the officers of the Allied Army in the latest action near Fontenoy. printed with moveable type on rag paper with two armorial bookplates of Sir Charles Nall-Cain of Brocket Hall, bound in a simple late 19th century crimson cloth, titles embossed along the spine edge. A cancelled "General Staff Library" oval rubber stamp to top edge of the title page, title page a little light spotting at the back there approx 40 pages of blanks for notes? not used. Bound as a quarto with signatures every 4 pages, but only7.5 x 4.5 inches. Contents very good. *This action on 11th of May 1745 was one of the major battles of the War of Austrian Succession begun in 1744, It was a battle the British were believed to have fought gallantly at but lost decisively with a loss of about 12000 men compared with the French under Maurice de Saxe with Louis the XVth in attendance losing about 7000. The king said after the battle ."It is very sweet to win battles". That written after a grueling day at the end of 9 hours in the saddle. This is the fall-out report of the government and enquiries about the lack of opportunity taken and the indecisiveness of our generals and delays in our attacks on the day. We were EVENTUALLY forced off the field late in the day having formed squares and eating grape shot by 6 Irish Brigades under Saxe. The allies comprising the British, Dutch and Hanoverian's went on the retreat defending gallantly against a determined enemy as they did so, the Guards especially. Although this pamphlet may disagree with official and later assessments. **Tournai (Tournay here as the battle title) was lost shortly afterwards, the next day. The failure to win this battle led to the Jacobean uprising of 1745 and from which the bulk of this army of approx 53,000 was brought back from France to deal with. An important and very scarce military pamphlet. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5010

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Conduct Of Our Officers As Well General ...

Verlag: M. Cooper (printer), London.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1745

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition