Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and MusketRedcoat is the brilliant story of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900, based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them. Delving into the history of the period – charting events including Wolfe's victory and death at Quebec, Wellington's Peninsular War, Waterloo, the retreat from Kabul and the Sikh wars – celebrated military historian Richard Holmes provides a comprehensive portrait of a fallible but extraordinarily successful fighting force. |
Contents
Home Fires | 75 |
Sword and State 79 88888 | 79 |
Line of Battle | 88 |
Scum of the Earth | 135 |
Epaulette Gentry | 157 |
Horse Foot Guns and Wounds | 181 |
Chain of Command | 329 |
The Troopers on the Tide | 345 |
The Painful Field | 357 |
The Imminent Deadly Breach | 378 |
Captains in Open Field | 392 |
Worthy of Remembrance | 413 |
REFERENCES | 423 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 437 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 446 |
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Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket Richard Holmes No preview available - 2002 |
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