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A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe
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monografia Rebiun36799373 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36799373 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr#cnu|||||||| 221103r20232022ctuab ob 001|0|eng|d 0-300-26853-X 10.12987/9780300268539 doi StDuBDS eng StDuBDS rda pn ctu US-CT Davies, Huw J. Huw John) 1981-) author The wandering army the campaigns that transformed the British way of war, 1750-1850 Huw J. Davies. Recurso electrónico] New Haven Yale University Press [2023] New Haven New Haven Yale University Press 1 online resource (537 pages) 1 online resource (537 pages) Yale scholarship online Previously issued in print: 2022 Includes bibliographical references and index 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 A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe Print version Davies, Huw J. ǂq (Huw John), ǂd 1981-. The Wandering Army New Haven : Yale University Press,c2023 9780300217162 Yale scholarship online