Search results for "battle"
epub |eng | 2013-05-29 | Author:Oliver Hayes [Hayes, Oliver]

* Chapter 4 The French Army The system of army corps was a new French innovation and although it would later be copied by nearly every army in the world ...
( Category: History March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-18 | Author:Oliver Hayes [Hayes, Oliver]

A group of Afridi tribesmen from the Khyber region photographed in 1878. Note the long barrelled jezail rifles and lack of any uniform. What the Afghans lacked in terms of ...
( Category: other March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Leonard James [James, Leonard]

The first blow to be struck at the Battle of Bannockburn was struck by King Robert Bruce himself when he was attacked by the English knight Henry de Bohun. Bruce ...
( Category: other March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-05 | Author:Leonard James [James, Leonard]

Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight managed to hold out against the French raiders, but the rest of the island was pillaged and the local authorities were persuaded at ...
( Category: History March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-24 | Author:Rupert Matthews [Matthews, Rupert]

Infantry delivering a pig snout attack. The triangle of men pushed forward would be the most experienced and toughest in the formation. Their task was to punch a hole in ...
( Category: History March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-18 | Author:Oliver Hayes [Hayes, Oliver]

************ Chapter 3 The Battle Following the course of the battle on the ground today is relatively easy. The starting point is the castle. The stone castle to be seen ...
( Category: other March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-11 | Author:Rupert Matthews [Matthews, Rupert]

A modern replica of the royal shield of Essex found at Sutton Hoo. The leather face of the shield is decorated with gilded metal plates which would have been absent ...
( Category: other March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-18 | Author:Rupert Matthews [Matthews, Rupert]

The Opposing Forces Pulo Aor was fought in the days of wooden sailing ships armed with smoothbore cannon. The limitations of these ships were to affect the way in which ...
( Category: History March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Maria Caulfield [Caulfield, Maria]

Fletching, ten miles north of Lewes. Simon de Montfort camped his army here while he scouted ahead for places to offer battle and while he sent messages to the king. ...
( Category: African History March 26,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-04 | Author:Charles More [More, Charles]

Harold Franklyn (front, in profile) inspecting troops at Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1939. Sir Winston Churchill, Lord Gort and Henry Pownall at Gort’s billet at Avesnes, 5 November 1939 First page ...
( Category: Belgium March 25,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-23 | Author:Rupert Matthews [Matthews, Rupert]

A standard infantry formation from the Wars of the Roses. The armoured billmen and men at arms are formed up four ranks deep in the centre while the archers are ...
( Category: other March 25,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-02-27 | Author:Oliver Hayes [Hayes, Oliver]

A piece of horse artillery in a modern museum. The gun crew were mounted on horses, thus ensuring the rapid deployment of the gun and its crew on the battlefield. ...
( Category: History March 25,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-29 | Author:Oliver Hayes [Hayes, Oliver]

A French general with his aide behind him. Staff officers usually wore uniforms festooned with gold or silver braid to show their senior status. If the provision of staff work ...
( Category: History March 25,2022 )