British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794

British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794 - Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

This volume consists simply of extracts reprinted from my History of the British Army. It is published in order that the troops at the front may, if they wish it, study the experiences of their forerunners in the Low Countries in a book which is fairly portable and fairly inexpensive, though neither so cheap nor so compendious as The British Soldiers Guide to Northern France and Flanders. J. W. F. [Pg vii] [Pg ix] [Pg 1] I pass now to Flanders, which is about to become for the second time the training ground of the British Army. The judicious help sent by Lewis the Fourteenth to Ireland had practically diverted the entire strength of William to that quarter for two whole campaigns; and though, as has been seen, there were English in Flanders in 1689 and 1690, the contingents which they furnished were too small and the operations too trifling to warrant description in detail. After the battle of the Boyne the case was somewhat altered, for, though a large force was still required in Ireland for Ginkells final pacification of 1691, William was none the less at liberty to take the field in Flanders in person. Moreover, Parliament with 1690.October. great good-will had voted seventy thousand men for the ensuing year, of which fully fifty thousand were British,[1] so that England was about to put forth her strength in Europe on a scale unknown since the loss of Calais. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67310
Author: Fortescue, J. W. (John William)
Release Date: Feb 3, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1918
Publisher Country: United Kingdom