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King George's Army 1740-93: Infantry

By Stuart Reid , Paul Chappell

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
1995
ISBN
9781855325159, 185532-515-2
Open Library ID
OL8992923M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9912595 bytes)
Series
Men At Arms 285
Volume
vol 1
Edition
First Printing
Pages
25\25
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

To most contemporary politicians the 18th century British Army was no more than an unwelcome necessity in wartime and an unjustifiable extravagance in peacetime. Nevertheless, the overall impression which is to be gained from a close study of the Army's own records, and from the surviving letters, diaries and memoirs, is that the British Army of the 18th century was very little different in character or in spirit from today's British Army. It was, above all, a force which was led, not driven, into battle. This book looks at the uniforms and organisation of the infantry of King George's Army.

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