The wandering army : the campaigns that transformed the British way of war, 1750-1850 / Huw J. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Huw J. (Huw John), 1981- author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History, Military--19th century.

Genre:

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 'Grasping in the Dark'

2 'I Was Come to Take Canada'

3 The 'Great Book of War'

4 'No Idea of Any Other Than a Direct Attack'

5 'Indirect Manoeuvres'

6 'Advance and Be Forward'

7 'Decisive Victory Will Relieve Us from All Our Distresses'

8 'Totally Unfit for Service'

9 The 'Wandering Army'

10 The 'Universal Soldier'

11 'The Scientifics'

12 'The Dread of Innovation'

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Davies, Huw J. ǂq (Huw John), ǂd 1981- The Wandering Army

ISBN:

0-300-26853-X

OCLC:

1348286785