Author: John Percy GrovesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
History of the 2nd Dragoons - the Royal Scots Greys, "Second to None", 1678-1893
Author: John Percy GrovesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
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.
Bibliotheca Scotia
Author: John Smith & SonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Scots Grey at Waterloo
Author: Gareth GloverPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473894034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
William Clarke of Prestonpans, Scotland, joined the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, the Scots Greys, in 1803. Clarke had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time the regiment was ordered to Belgium on the news that Napoleon had escaped from Elba. Forming part of what became known as the Union Brigade, the Scots Greys played a key role in Napoleons defeat at Waterloo.The John Rylands Library, Manchester, recently acquired William Clarkes 600-page, handwritten memoir describing his enlistment and military career, the highlight of which was the Waterloo campaign, which he describes in unusual detail in the vernacular of the day, presented and annotated by the renowned historian Garth Glover.Thanks to this rare discovery, the reader can follow the movements of the Scots Greys at every stage of the action throughout the three days from Quatre-Bras to that climatic encounter on the Mont St Jean. Clarke naturally portrays the charge of the Union Brigade in dramatic and heroic terms, but he claims that the man who led the charge, Major General William Ponsonby, was killed by a musket ball and not cut down by French cavalry, as is usually stated, for recklessly charging too far.After the battle, Clarke was part of the Burial Party. He then graphically describes the sad scene as he does the trail of the defeated French army as the pursuing Prussians cut a merciless path on their way to Paris.A Scots Grey at Waterloo provides the reader with an exceptionally in-depth account of the actions of the cavalry at Waterloo that will mark this memoir out as one of the most significant to have been published in the last 200 years.
Scottish Notes and Queries
Author: John BullochPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
History of the 2nd Dragoons, the Royal Scots Greys "second to None"... 1678-1893, by Lieut.-col. Percy Groves,...
Author: John Percy GrovesBibliotheca Scotica
Author: John Smith & Son (Glasgow) LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Catalogue of the Royal Engineers Corps Library at the Horse Guards, Whitehall, London
Author: Great Britain. Corps of Royal Engineers. LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Edwards's Military Catalogue
Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description