Blenheim Preparation: The English Army on the March to the Danube : Collected EssaysSpellmount, 2004 - 340 páginas A collection of essays on the Marlburian Wars by the leading authority on the period, describing the Duke of Marlborough's development into one of Britain's most successful military commandeers ever.The subjects cover all aspects of his career, his use of infantry, cavalry and artillery, his mastery of logistics, siege-craft and diplomacy, and descriptions of the battle of Sedgemoor, the siege of Alicante through to the battle of Blenheim in 1704 |
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... Donauwörth on the afternoon of 2 July - to the surprise of the local Bavarian commander , Comte d'Arco , 43 and his garrison of 10,000 men , who were hard at work modernising the ancient defences . Marlborough hustled the doubtful Baden ...
... Donauwörth on the afternoon of 2 July - to the surprise of the local Bavarian commander , Comte d'Arco , 43 and his garrison of 10,000 men , who were hard at work modernising the ancient defences . Marlborough hustled the doubtful Baden ...
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... Donauwörth , 2 July 1704 The figures of casualties are complex , but useful information can be drawn from Col. Charles Dalton's vast information in his six volumes of English Army Lists and Commission Registers ( London , 1892-1904 and ...
... Donauwörth , 2 July 1704 The figures of casualties are complex , but useful information can be drawn from Col. Charles Dalton's vast information in his six volumes of English Army Lists and Commission Registers ( London , 1892-1904 and ...
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... Donauwörth . The enemy have marched . It is almost certain that the whole army is crossing the Danube at Lavingen . They have pushed a Lieutenant- Colonel whom I sent to reconnoitre back to Hochstadt . The plain of Dillingen is crowded ...
... Donauwörth . The enemy have marched . It is almost certain that the whole army is crossing the Danube at Lavingen . They have pushed a Lieutenant- Colonel whom I sent to reconnoitre back to Hochstadt . The plain of Dillingen is crowded ...
Contenido
The Art of War on Land | 3 |
Beginnings | 25 |
III | 37 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 17 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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