MILITARY GUIDE FOR YOUNG OFFICERS,CONTAINING A SYSTEM OF THE ART OF WAR 1776 :: National Army Museum

Major and detailed military manual for British officers in 1776. Includes everything from how to form a funeral party to defending a fortress and a glossary of military terms.

This is an immensely long, detailed - but an anecdotal and far-from-dry military manual telling a young Redcoat officer all that he needed to know about soldiering in 1776, the time of the American War of Independence. The range is huge, moving from detailed orders on dress and dressage, to notes on the formation of a staff, how to defend a fortress, quell a fire down to what sort of buttons are permitted on waistcoats, to an alphabetical glossary of military terms. This book would have been an indispensible addition to the library of any serving soldier in the late 18th century, and it is equally unmissable for the serious student of 18th century warfare today.

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Product Code:	9187
Author:	Thomas Simes
ISBN:	9781845743741
Format:	SB 363pp +184pp appendix “Military Historical and Explanatory Dictionary” with maps & plates ,2006 N&MP Reprint of 1776 second Edition Published Price £22
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