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‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:09 pm
by Captain of Dragoons
I found on Google Play Books a great book by Clifford Walton ‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’. Published in 1884.
It includes the founding of the regiments.
Campaign Histories including: Tangier, Monmouth’s Rebellion, Ireland, Flanders (great narratives on Stienkirke, Neerwinden and Namur).
Also chapters on uniforms, weapons, the running of regiments, etc.
Cheers
Edward
Re: ‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:11 pm
by Friedrich August I.
Seems to be a good find
I just looked it up in the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/historybrit ... 4/mode/2up
Re: ‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:34 am
by wdrenth
It is a nice book which catalogues a tremendous amount of (little) details.
Unfortunately there seems to be only one digitized copy around, which is also used by some profiteers who sell it in paper, which misses pages 156-169 (covering the battle of Aughrim). Guess the person scanner the pages fell asleep or something. In any case, my copy of the digitized version is put to good use.
Re: ‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:16 am
by Friedrich August I.
Yes, You are right. Whoever digitized the book - some real BLOKE - copied chapter X, page 153 several times.
so... how about this book than
The story of the British army by King, Charles Cooper
https://archive.org/details/storyofbrit ... i/mode/2up
Re: ‘History of the British Standing Army AD 1660 - 1700’
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:59 pm
by wdrenth
New saw that book before. Quite a different league than Walton's work!
kind regards, Wenand