The Story of the British Army
by C. Cooper King
Publisher: Methuen & Co. 1897
Number of pages: 433
Description:
I have endeavoured in the space at my disposal to show how the British Army has grown up. I have tried merely to tell a 'story', and therefore omitted much that might have been said regarding the noble work the Queen's Army has done.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Within Limits: The U.S. Air Force and the Korean Warby Wayne Thompson, Bernard C. Nalty - Air Force History and Museums
Despite American success in preventing the conquest of South Korea by communist North Korea, the Korean War of 1950 - 1953 did not satisfy Americans who expected the kind of total victory they had experienced in World War II ...
(8291 views)
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816by Julian S. Corbett - Navy Records Society
The discovery of a number of seventeenth century Fighting Instructions seemed to encourage an attempt to make a complete collection. It is hoped that the collection may be of some assistance for a fresh study of the the development of naval tactics.
(11305 views)
Battles that Changed the History- Archive.org
Some battles were turning points, not only in war, but in history itself, and we still talk about them today. You may have heard of marathons, Gettysburg, or someone who has met his or her Waterloo. The battles below changed the course of history.
(10939 views)
The Art of War in the Middle Ages, A.D. 378-1515by C. W. C. Oman - Oxford
Oman provides an excellent, well-researched look at the arms, tactics, and strategies of various medieval armies. He covers the rise of the era of heavy cavalry, and describes how it was replaced by the English longbow and the Swiss pikeman.
(14243 views)