Author: Cleaveland (Colonel.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Richard Francis Cleaveland
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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Author: Cleaveland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845740412
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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An unusual official manual setting out the history and duties of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from its formation down to 1757. The book provides a wealth of information on the orders, ordnance, duties and requirements of those who served in the Regiment from its earliest days. It is difficult to think of another source where such details - down to, for example, the exact payment made to a master gunner on the Earl of Romney s expedition to the West Indies in 1694 (Five shillings a day).

Author: Frederick Darby Cleaveland
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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Author: Francis Duncan
Publisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: Captain Francis Duncan
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781491739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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This two-volume history of the Royal Artillery is one of the earliest published on that subject, and covers the period from its formation in 1716 to Waterloo, a hundred years of history. Volume I takes the story of the Regiment from 1716 to the end of the American War of Independence and the Peace Treaty of 1783. The first few chapters describe the situation regarding artillery before the Regiment came into existence, when all Artillery details came under the care and superintendence of the Masters-General of the Ordnance and the Honourable Board of Ordnance. This Board, apparently, invariably interfered with the duties of the Artillery and "no amount of individual experience, no success, no distance from England, could save unhappy artillerymen from perpetual worry and incessant legislation." Apart from telling the story of the campaigns and battles in which the Regiment took part during its first seventy or so years of its existence, principally the Seven Years War, the Siege of Gibraltar and the American War of Independence, this volume contains plenty of 'domestic' detail including the development and growth of the Artillery, changes of organization, changes in establishments, pay and conditions of service, officer personalities, commanders and the foundation of the Royal Military Academy. The author was Superintendent of the Royal Artillery Regimental Records and was well placed to write a very full and interesting account of the Gunners during the first hundred years of their existence.

Author: Major Francis Duncan
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781491755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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This two-volume history of the Royal Artillery is one of the earliest published on that subject, and covers the period from its formation in 1716 to Waterloo, a hundred years of history. This volume takes the history of the Regiment to Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon, and in connection with performance of the Artillery in that battle the author devotes an Appendix to a letter from Wellington to Lord Mulgrave, then Master-General of the Ordnance, in which he wrote: "To tell you the truth, I was not very well pleased with the Artillery in the Battle of Waterloo" and when the French cavalry charged "they ran off the field entirely, taking with them limbers, ammunition and everything." Major Duncan angrily refutes, in detail, the accuracy of such a statement, based as it was on false reports, implying the Iron Duke was talking through his cocked hat. This makes a lively conclusion to a most entertaining account of a further thirty-two years in the history of the Gunners. Operations described include the ill-fated expedition against the French in Flanders, led by the Duke of York, but the main focus is on the Napoleonic Wars - the campaign in S America, the Walcheren campaign, a malaria-infested island where battle casualties amounted to a little over 200 while thousands died of sickness, and the Peninsular War culminating in the Battle of Waterloo. Descriptions include detailed order of battle of artillery units involved with strengths and names of all the officers in each unit. But just as impressive is the wealth of information on the continuing development of the Regiment, beginning with the raising of the Royal Horse Artillery in January 1793. We read all about equipment, dress, pay, in fact there is a statement of the Artillery Forces of Great Britain in the year 1810, according to the establishment laid down in the King's Warrant, listing every unit, with numbers in each rank and daily pay of each rank. To finish, the author provides a tabular statement showing date of formation and former designation of every battery now (1879) in the Service. There is a good index. These two volumes, telling the story of the first hundred years of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, are an invaluable source of information and essential reading for any historian, student or enthusiast.

Author: Francis Duncan
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290820295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Author: Francis Duncan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845741747
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 451

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This two-volume history of the Royal Artillery is one of the earliest published on that subject, and covers the period from its formation in 1716 to Waterloo, a hundred years of history. Volume I takes the story of the Regiment from 1716 to the end of the American War of Independence and the Peace Treaty of 1783. The first few chapters describe the situation regarding artillery before the Regiment came into existence, when all Artillery details came under the care and superintendence of the Masters-General of the Ordnance and the Honourable Board of Ordnance. This Board, apparently, invariably interfered with the duties of the Artillery and no amount of individual experience, no success, no distance from England, could save unhappy artillerymen from perpetual worry and incessant legislation. Apart from telling the story of the campaigns and battles in which the Regiment took part during its first seventy or so years of its existence, principally the Seven Years War, the Siege of Gibraltar and the American War of Independence, this volume contains plenty of domestic detail including the development and growth of the Artillery, changes of organization, changes in establishments, pay and conditions of service, officer personalities, commanders and the foundation of the Royal Military Academy. The author was Superintendent of the Royal Artillery Regimental Records and was well placed to write a very full and interesting account of the Gunners during the first hundred years of their existence.

Author: Francis Duncan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266154280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Excerpt from History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 2 of 2: Compiled From the Original Records Is incumbent on the Author now to acknowledge, with gratitude, the assistance he has received during its execu tion. Acting on a suggestion made by one Of the reviewers Of the first volume, he has noted in the margin the various authorities on which the narrative is based; and, as in many instances these are manuscript letters in the Record Office, he has given the dates Of such, - to facilitate access to them by any one anxious to Obtain information in detail. Among those to whom the Author is chiefly indebted, Sir Collingwood Dickson - for the reason stated in the body of the work - stands first. Not only the Author, but the Regiment at large, is indebted to him for the generous confidence with which he entrusted the letters and journals of his distinguished father to the writer Of this history, The labours of Captain G. E. W. Malet, r.a. - ao visible in the tables at the end Of this volume - demand the next place in the Author's acknowledgment - and the Reader will be able to judge how great has been the value, to this narrative, of the published writings of Captain H. W. L. Hime, r.a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.