Highland Light Infantry Chronicle
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Publisher | : Royal Highland Fusiliers |
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Author | : 5th Great Britain. Army. Highland Light Infantry. Battalion |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2019-12-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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The following book is a history book about the 5th Highland Light Infantry, which was originally known as the 19th Lanark Rifle Volunteers. This book deals with their record of service in World War I.
Author | : Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman |
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Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1894 |
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Author | : William GAVIN (Ensign.) |
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Total Pages | : 1921 |
Release | : 1921 |
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Author | : Ben Hughs |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2013-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781590664 |
In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the battlefield and Montevideo was taken by storm, but the campaign ended in disaster when 6000 redcoats and riflemen surrendered following a bloody battle in the streets of the Argentine capital. So ended one of the most humiliating and neglected episodes of the entire Napoleonic Wars.??In The British Invasion of the River Plate Ben Hughes tells the story of this forgotten campaign in graphic detail. His account is based on research carried out across two continents. It draws on contemporary newspaper reports, official documents and the memoirs, letters and journals of the men who were there.??He describes the initially successful British invasion, which was stopped when their troops were surrounded in Buenos Aires main square and forced to surrender, and the second British attack which was eventually defeated too. His narrative covers the course of the entire campaign and its aftermath. While focusing on the military and political aspects of the campaign, his book gives an insight into the actions of the main protagonists William Carr Beresford, Sir Home Popham, Santiago de Liniers and Black Bob Craufurd and into the experiences of the forgotten rank and file.??He also considers the long-term impact of the campaign on the fortunes of the opposing sides. Many of the British survivors went on to win glory in the Peninsular War. For the Uruguayans and Argentines, their victory gave them a sense of national pride that would eventually encourage them to wrest their independence from Spain.
Author | : James Edmund Henderson Neville |
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Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Henry J. T. Hildyard |
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Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : Forty-Third & Fifty-Second Light Infantry |
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Author | : Alon Kadish |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2019-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429843321 |
Following the end of the Second World War, the main mission of the British Army in Palestine was to contain Jewish attacks and illegal immigration while the fate of the Mandate was being decided. This book is a record of the British Army during the final year of the Mandate and its impact on the course and outcome of the 1948 War. With the decision of the UN General Assembly on 29th November 1947 to partition Palestine and the anticipated eruption of inter-communal violence, the Army was made responsible for the maintenance of law and order throughout Palestine until the termination of the Mandate on 15th May 1948. These crucial months are considered from the point of view of the ranks of the British Army, soldiers and field commanders rather than that of generals and statesmen. It makes extensive use of memoirs, contemporary writing and private diaries, as well as archival material and regimental journals. Subjects such as regimental culture and leisure activities are explored in addition to operations and peace-keeping. The book offers an important contribution to the history of the Middle East, and readers interested in political science, the history of the British Army, military history, Palestine and Israel will find in this book a new and innovative view of the 1948 War.
Author | : Bill Nasson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2003-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521530590 |
This book describes the participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace.