Author: A. D. L. CaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot)
Author: A. D. L. CaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot)
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers
Author: A. D. L. CaryRegimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot).
Author: A. D. L. CaryRegimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot)....
Author: A. D. L. CaryRegimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot): 1816-1914 (July)
Author: Arthur Deering Lucius CaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. WhitePublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 178150539X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot): 1689-1815
Author: Arthur Deering Lucius CaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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Fusiliers
Author: Mark UrbanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802718957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The American Revolution from a unique perspective--as seen through the eyes of a redcoat regiment. From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one British regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America: the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Their story, and that of all the soldiers England sent across the Atlantic, is one of the few untold sagas of the American Revolution, one that sheds light on the war itself and offers surprising, at times unsettling, insights into the way the war was conducted on both sides. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused primary accounts, and with compelling narrative flair, Mark Urban reveals the inner life of the 23rd Regiment, the Fusiliers-and through it, of the British army as a whole-as it fought one of the pivotal campaigns of world history. Describing how British troops adopted new tactics and promoted new leaders, Urban shows how the foundations were laid for the redcoats' subsequent heroic performance against Napoleon. Fighting the climactic battles of the Revolution in the American south, the Fusiliers became one of the crack regiments of the army, never believing themselves to have been defeated. But the letters from members of the 23rd and other archival accounts reveal much more than battle details. Living the Revolution day-to-day, the Fusiliers witnessed acts of kindness and atrocity on both sides unrecorded in histories of the war. Their observations bring the conflict down to human scale and provide a unique insight into soldiering in the late eighteenth century. Fusiliers will challenge the prevailing stereotypes of the enemy redcoats and offer an invaluable new perspective on a defining period in American history.
Dragon Rampant
Author: Donald E. GravesPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473813778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
I never saw any regiment in such order, said Wellington before the Battle of Waterloo, it was the most complete and handsome military body I ever looked at. The object of the Duke's admiration was the 23rd Regiment of Foot the famous Royal Welch Fusiliers and this is their story during the tumultuous and bloody period of the wars with France between 1793 and 1815. Based on rare personal memoirs and correspondence and new research, this compelling book offers fresh insight into the evolution of the British Army. Scorned by even its own countrymen in 1793, it was transformed within a generation into a professional force that triumphed over the greatest general and army of the time. The men of the Royal Welch Fusiliers come alive as Graves tracks them across three continents, joining them in major battles and minor skirmishes, surviving shipwrecks and disease. We come to know such fighting men as the intrepid Drummer Richard Bentinck, the eccentric Major Jack Hill, and their beloved commander, Lt-Col. Harvey Ellis, who led his Fusiliers in some of the most famous actions only to fall at the greatest of them all Waterloo. This is a book that will appeal to all those interested in the Napoleonic wars, contemporary tactics and the meaning and the cost of courage.