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This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire 20th century.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...and forcibly described the qualities, which are most valuable in a military body. "These," he says, "are not bravery "alone, but patience and hardship, obedience to com"mand, sobriety, firmness and resolution in every dif"ferent situation in which they may be placed. It is tl by the display of such qualities alone, that the army "can expect to deserve the name of soldiers; that they "can be able to withstand the forces opposed to them, "or to fulfil the expectations of their country." From any participation in the excesses which were committed, the 26th or Cameronian Regiment appear to have been singularly free, as one man only was punished; and he, though taken in company with others, was supposed, from being somewhat idiotic, to have been a spectator rather than a sharer in the plunder. On the 31st of December, the Regiment quitted Astorga on its march to Lugo. At this time, Sir John Moore's despatch showed that the hope of disputing the passes of the mountains, which afforded positions of great strength, as expressed in his correspondence with Romana, was finally relinquished; for, besides the de 1808. struction of the ammunition and stores collected there, lst the sick were abandoned, and he stated, "we must all "make forced marches to the coast from the scarcity of "provisions, and to be before the enemy, who by roads "upon our flanks may otherwise intercept us." He added, "I hope to find upon the coast transports for the "embarkation of the troops." Under these discouraging circumstances, the retreat was continued to Lugo. Shortly after the British evacuated Astorga, Napoleon arrived, and was joined by Marshal Soult. The whole French army that...
The Myth of the Jacobite Clans was first published in 1995: a revolutionary book, it argued that British history had long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland. The Times Higher Education Supplement hailed its author's 'formidable talents' and the book and its ideas fuelled discussions in The Economist and Scotland on Sunday, on Radio Scotland and elsewhere. The argument of the book has been widely accepted, although it is still ignored by media and heritage representations which seek to depoliticise the Rising of 1745.Now entirely rewritten with extensive new primary research, this new expanded second edition addresses the questions of the first in more detail, examining the systematic misrepresentation of Jacobitism, the impressive size of the Jacobite armies, their training and organization and the Jacobite goal of dissolving the Union, and bringing to life the ordinary Scots who formed the core of Jacobite support in the ill-fated Rising of 1745. Now, more than ever, The Myth of the Jacobite Clans sounds the call for an end to the dismissive sneers and pointless romanticisation which have dogged the history of the subject in Scotland for 200 years.
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“A well-organized and concise introduction to the war’s major battles” (The Journal of America’s Military Past). Winner of the Gold Star Book Award for History from the Military Writers Society of America This is the first comprehensive account of every engagement of the Revolution, a war that began with a brief skirmish at Lexington Green on April 19, 1775, and concluded on the battlefield at the Siege of Yorktown in October 1781. In between were six long years of bitter fighting on land and at sea. The wide variety of combats blanketed the North American continent from Canada to the Southern colonies, from the winding coastal lowlands to the Appalachian Mountains, and from the North Atlantic to the Caribbean. Every entry begins with introductory details including the date of the battle, its location, commanders, opposing forces, terrain, weather, and time of day. The detailed body of each entry offers both a Colonial and a British perspective of the unfolding military situation, a detailed and unbiased account of what actually transpired, a discussion of numbers and losses, an assessment of the consequences of the battle, and suggestions for further reading. Many of the entries are supported and enriched by original maps and photos.