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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Early works to 1800.

Military art and science.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plates )

Other Title:

Manoeuvres, or practical observations on the art of war

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?]

Notes:

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

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10354.

OCLC:

642108319