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  • The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged

    Enriched edition. A detailed chronicle of British military units and their impact on global conflicts

    by Richard Trimen, Melissa Glass ...
    In "The Regiments of the British Army, Chronologically Arranged," Richard Trimen meticulously catalogs the regiments that have constituted the backbone of the British Army throughout its storied history. This comprehensive work is not just a straightforward enumeration; it weaves together military lineage, the evolution of regiment structures, and the socio-political contexts that shaped them. ... Read more

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  • Culloden

    Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire

    by Trevor Royle ...
    The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the English Royal Army. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English, the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French ... Read more

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  • How the Army Made Britain a Global Power, 1688–1815

    by Jeremy Black ...
    "A majestic study of the British Army's evolution" from the acclaimed historian, commentator, and author of Britain's Naval Route to Greatness (Stanley D.M. Carpenter, Emeritus Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College).Between 1760 and 1815, British troops campaigned from Manila to Montreal, Cape Town to Copenhagen, Washington to Waterloo. The naval dimension of Britain's expansion has been ... Read more

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  • Wellington in India

    by Jac Weller ...
    The author of Wellington in the Peninsula presents an in-depth study of the British military commander's early career in Colonial India.Before Arthur Wellesley, the future 1st Duke of Wellington, faced Napoleon's armies, he developed his skills as a military commander in the far reaches of the British Empire. In India, Wellesley led his men to victory against the Tipu Sultan at the Battle of ... Read more

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  • Dictionary of British Military History

    by George Usher ...
    From the invasion of Britain by the Danes through the battle ofHastings, Agincourt and Waterloo up to the present day, thisfascinating dictionary includes entries on battles, campaigns and famous commanders, as well as ranks, regiments, uniforms and weapons. The reader will find an outline of the British army since its formation in the 17th century, together with brief histories of battles and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Marlborough

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 10 - Command
    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, is one of the great commanders of history.Using his great charm and diplomatic skills he was able to bind troops from various European states into a cohesive army that won a string of victories over the French armies of King Louis XIV, the first of which was perhaps his most spectacular triumph – the battle of Blenheim. Other great victories followed, but ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the British Army

    by John Lewis-Stempel, Major Jock Haswell ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupations in the history of the island - the struggle against Continental domination by a single power, the battle for Empire - and a cast pf remarkable characters - Marlborough, Wellington and Montgomery ... Read more

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  • Wellington's Peninsular War Generals & Their Battles

    A Biographical and Historical Dictionary

    by T. A. Heathcote ...
    Wellington's achievements in the Peninsular War cannot be overestimated. At the outset in 1808 Napoleon and his Marshals appeared unstoppable. By the close Wellington and his Army had convincingly defeated the French and taken the war across the Pyrenees into France itself. He and his Generals had waged a hugely successful campaign both by conventional means and guerrilla warfare.This book ... Read more

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  • A History Of The British Army – Vol. XI – (1815-1838)

    by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue ...
    Series series A History of the British Army
    Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so and with ... Read more

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  • Marlborough

    The Hero of Blenheim

    by John Hussey ...
    Series series GREAT COMMANDERS
    John Churchill was born in 1650, the son of a defeated Cavalier captain, in a household which had been ravaged and rendered almost destitute by the English Civil War. Yet by the time of his death in 1722 he was among the richest men in the country, with a dukedom, a palace and a principality to call his own.His rise to power came through a combination of good luck, astute political manoeuvring, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A History Of The British Army – Vol. IV – Part One (1789-1801)

    by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue ...
    Series Book 1 - A History of the British Army
    Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so and with ... Read more

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  • Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

    by Anonymous ...
    When the Territorial System was adopted in 1881, the old titles borne by our regiments were, in many cases, changed, and in other instances entirely lost. When the old titles changed, the Nicknames, by which nearly every corps was known, disappeared. These Nicknames often brought to mind some amusing event or memorable incident in the regiment's career, and in many cases originated from some ... Read more

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