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Hon The J W Fortescue
Covers from 1713 to 1763 and includes the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, the scandals of the reign of King George I, the war with Spain and the dispute over the…
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Continues the story from 1763 to 1792. The problems in North America are joined by the growing pains of Empire. The loss of the Americas, the state of the British…
Deals with the French Revolution from 1789 to the Treaty of Amiens in 1798. It includes British operations in the Netherlands, the West Indies, South Africa and Ireland.
Continues the theme of the previous part and goes up to 1801. The examination of the British Army is also expanded, and an important appendix gives exact details of British…
The period 1803 to 1807. Detailed treatment of the situation in the East Indies and Ceylon, the West Indies, Europe and the Mediterranean. There are important chapters on conditions at…
1807-1809. The Napoleonic War and further details of operations in Egypt and the Mediterranean. The Swedish situation is covered, the British expedition to Copenhagen and operations in Portugal. The Spanish…
1809-1810. This volume is concerned mainly with these two years in the Peninsula, but also covers the expedition to the Scheldt and operations in the East Indies, Mauritius and Java.
1811-1812. This volume covers two more years of the campaign in the Peninsula, together with the War with the United States. There are details of many battles, including Barosa, Badajoz…
1813-1814. The French invasion of Russia is followed by descriptions of the situation in the Peninsula, and in North America. Developments in Europe are covered so that the picture of…
1814-1815. The whole of Europe was aflame in these 2 years, and Fortescue writes most effectively of the military and political background. Italy, the Peninsula, the Low Countries and the…
1815-1838. Fortescue looks at the British Army in 1815, and particularly the recruit in England. Every detail of his life is included and the picture is an important one for…
1839-52. This volume is concerned with India and operations in Afghanistan and on the Khyber Pass. There is a section dealing with the revolt in Australia and operations in New…
Map Compendium - An amalgamation of all six separate map volumes in a single binding containing the complete set of large maps which accompanied Fortescue’s A History of the British…
1852-1870. This volume includes the Crimean War, the War in Persia, the Indian Mutiny, the campaign in China and the Ambela and Abyssinian campaigns. Finally, Fortescue looks at affairs in…
From the Battle of Hastings to the end of the Seven Years’ War. Includes such battles as Bannockburn, Crecy, Agincourt, Flodden, the battles of the English Civil War, Dunkirk Dunes…
The Hon. J. W. Fortescue
Published in 1918 and specifically aimed by the great historian who wrote it at British soldiers of the Great War once again fighting in the same cockpit of Flanders and…
