RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE FORMATIONS, FIELD-EXERCISE AND MOVEMENTS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES (1792) - Softcover

War Office, War Office

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843429268 ISBN 13: 9781843429265

Publisher: Naval and Military Press, 2009

Synopsis

Official War Office manual setting out a ‘uniform system of field-exercise and movement, founded on just and true principles’ introduced for the British army in 1792, a time of mounting alarm at the'French revolution that was about to plunge Europe into two decades of war. The book covers the entire gamut of military manoevres from platoon upwards - including the formation of the famous British squares- and is an invaluable addition to the library of any enthusiast of 18th or 18th century warfarfe, as well as to re-enactors and war-gamers. The detailed text is accompanied by endpaper diagrams of the manoevres described.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval and Military Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843429268
• ISBN 13: 9781843429265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454