The Jacobite Campaigns: The British State at War

ISBN-13: 9781848930933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str.

Opis

The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in this study. Taken from the viewpoint of those loyal to the Hanoverian Crown, the three mainland campaigns of 1715-6, 1719 and 1745-6 are examined, using research based on primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers and State papers.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Raising the Men; Chapter 2 The Army on Campaign; Chapter 3 The Battle; Chapter 4 The Siege; Chapter 5 The Formation of the Militia and Posse; Chapter 6 The Formation of the Loyalist Volunteer Forces; Chapter 7 The Militia and Volunteer Forces in Action; Conclusion;

O autorze

Jonathan D. Oates