Light Dragoons : the making of a regiment / Allan Mallinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallinson, Allan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History, Military.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army. Light Dragoons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although only formed in December 1992, The Light Dragoons look back to a history that began in the days of the first Jacobite rebellion. In 1922 a reduction in the Army's strength saw the amalgamation of four regiments of Hussars into the 13th/18th Hussars and the 15th/19th Hussars. Now they too have been amalgamated, with a name that reverts to the titles of the four original regiments in the eighteenth century. Allan Mallinson, the novelist and a former commanding officer of the 13th/18th Hussars, not only follows with admirable clarity and dexterity the fortunes of The Light Dragoons' prede

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Glorious Reinforcement""; ""2 Breaking More Windows with Guineas""; ""3 The Elephant, Superscribed 'Assaye'""; ""4 To Cooperate with the Spanish Armies""; ""5 Waterloo""; ""6 Retrenchment at Home, Mixed Fortunes in India""; ""7 The Crimea""; ""8 Unaviodable Involvement in Colonial Wars""; ""9 No End of a Lesson""; ""10 Charging Ahead""; ""11 Still a Use for Cavalry""; ""12 Going the Distance""; ""13 Amalgamation and Mechanization""; ""14 The Road to Dunkirk""

""15 Normandy to the Baltic""""16 The Empire Recedes""; ""17 Fighting the Cold War""; ""18 No Option But Change""; ""19 The New World Order: a Decade of Operations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Service of the Light Dragoons 1715-1922""; ""Service of the Light Dragoons 1922-1992""; ""Titles borne by the Regiment""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473815971

1473815975

9781783836659

1783836652

OCLC:

881887702