Compendious Journal of All the Marches, Famous Battles & Sieges (of Marlborough) , livre ebook

Andrews UK - John Millner Serjeant

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The author, an officer of the Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland, was sent with eleven other regiments under General Richard Ingoldsby by William III to his native Holland in 1701. Millner took with him a diary to record his experiences. So began his 'compendious journal' of Britain's campaigns against France in the twelve opening years of the 18th century, many under the command of that great Captain, John, Duke of Marlborough. Such an eye-witness account, rare even during the Napoleonic Wars a century later, was unusual indeed in the early 18th century, which makes this book a prized treasure to the student of Marlborough's campaigns. Present at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, Millner's account is also unusual for the trouble he has taken, not merely to describe the battles, sieges, skirmishes and other engagements he witnessed, but also to assemble much detailed data (laid out in the form of tables) of casualties, orders of battle etc. As such his book is an indispensible aid to all students of 18th century warfare and of Marlborough's campaigns in particular. A rare and valued find indeed.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	07 septembre 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781781497371
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	9 Mo

Informations légales : prix de location à la page 0,0674€. Cette information est donnée uniquement à titre indicatif conformément à la législation en vigueur.

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Prefaceiii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InroduTion . v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

he FirT Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 he Second Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 he hird Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 he FourH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 he FitH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 he SixH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 he SevenH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 he EigHH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 he NinH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 he enH Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 he ElevenH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 An Accoun of ſome ſmall noed Pasageŝ… . . . . 342 he weltH Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

A General Lit of our Brii Corps…. . . . . . . . . 365 He Names of he Subſcribers366. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .