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The development of the British army during the wars with France, 1793-1815
Get PDFThe British Army that fought the engagement at Waterloo in 1815, was outwardly little changed from that which was engaged in the initial campaigns of the Wars, twenty-two years previously. Line upon line of red-coated, musket-armed infantry, manoeuvred as chess pieces across open fields, deciding the issue by volley and bayonet, having spent a hungry night exposed to rain and cold. The cavalry were still beautifully and often impractically clad, and were always seeking the decisive charge, on their unfed and often sickly mounts. The Army's commander still viewed his troops as 'the scum of the earth', who were rarely paid, and predominantly enlisted for life. It would therefore appear that little had altered from 1793 to 1815, and that this will be a study of continuity rather than change. However, this thesis will show that despite outward appearances, the Army that took the field at Waterloo was intrinsically different from the one that entered the conflict in 1793, being modernised in line with other institutions of state, and other European armies. This thesis is first and foremost intended to be a contribution to the history of the British Army from the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France in 1793, to the reduction of the forces after the battle of Waterloo in 1815. It proceeds from an assumption that the understanding of not only that history, but the history of the developing British state, will be significantly advanced through a study of the operation of, and the changes which took place within, the Army during the Wars with France
Forecastle and quarterdeck : protest, discipline and mutiny in the Royal Navy, 1793-1814
Get PDFThis thesis is a study of disputes and
conflicts between officers and men in the Royal
Navy between 1793 and 1814. The first part is a
general introduction to shipboard life and work,
discipline, resistance and protest, and to the
sailors' culture and politics. The second part is
a detailed study of the mutinies on the Culloden
in 1794 and the Defiance in 1795, paying
particular attention to the organization of the
sailors, the strategy of the officers and the
function and working of court martials. The third
part is a more general history of the sailors'
protests and mutinies between 1796 and 1814. These
mutinies and protests are situated with regard to
the changing balance of forces between officers
and men in the Navy as a whole during these years.
The thesis is largely based on the verbatim
transcipts of court martials in the Royal Navy
that are now part of the Admiratly Records at the
Public Record Office. It is intended as a
contribution to the social history of the Royal
Navy and the labour history of the period
Captain James Cook, F.R.S. [picture] /
No full textAfter the engraving by James Basire of the portrait by William Hodges.; Oval image within rectangular border.; Ms. inscription in Dutch l.l. on mount.; Frontispiece of: Reis naar de Zuidpool / James Cook. Utrecht, 1793.; Beddie, 3524.; S1100
Lima, Callao, Island of St. Lorenzo [4] [picture] /
No full textFourth segment of a panorama in four segments, mounted on cloth.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2822702-4
Lima, Callao, Island of St. Lorenzo [2] [picture] /
No full textSecond segment of a panorama in four segments, mounted on cloth.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2822702-2
[Consignment advice] [picture] /
No full textAn engraved form with blanks to be completed by the shipper; for sale by the printer.; From the album of James Reid Scott.; S10172.; Exhibited: Thomas Bock exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Lanceston, 1991
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No full textFrom the album of James Reid Scott.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an7653421; S10181.; Exhibited: Thomas Bock exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 1991
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