Manoeuvres, or practical observations on the art of war : containing, Vol. I. 1. The manual exercise. 2. An essay on the command of small detachments. 3. A new system of fortification, by making use of Standing Timber, &c. And General Wolfe's instructions to young officers. Vol. II. 1. Manouvres for a battalion of infantry. 2. Manouvres for a battalion, and brigade of infantry. 3. Manouvres in general, with a short Table, containing above two hundred and forty different Movements. With 62 copper-plates. By Major William Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, William, Sir, 1725?-1788.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Early works to 1800.

Military art and science.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

2v.,plates ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Millan, Bookseller, near Whitehall: Where may be had Sets of small Platoons in Ivory or Wood, for Performing the Manoeuvres, [1776?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A collection of pamphlets, issued separately from 1766 to 1771, brought together with a collective title and author's preface.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10354.

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