The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945Manchester University Press, 1991 - 340 pages |
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... regiment and another company from Devon . The Earl of Newcastle did attempt to raise the foot of his northern army from the trained bands and this initially contained the six Yorkshire trained band regiments and a regiment from the ...
... regiment and another company from Devon . The Earl of Newcastle did attempt to raise the foot of his northern army from the trained bands and this initially contained the six Yorkshire trained band regiments and a regiment from the ...
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... regiments also clamoured to return home in April 1644 and one of the Southwark regiments deserted en masse after the battle at Cropredy Bridge in June 1644 . - Apart from the legal complications , another factor to be borne in mind is ...
... regiments also clamoured to return home in April 1644 and one of the Southwark regiments deserted en masse after the battle at Cropredy Bridge in June 1644 . - Apart from the legal complications , another factor to be borne in mind is ...
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... regiments which might contain those unfit for foreign service and it was clearly more convenient to the army to be able to direct its militia recruits where they were actually needed without having to accommodate the susceptibilities of ...
... regiments which might contain those unfit for foreign service and it was clearly more convenient to the army to be able to direct its militia recruits where they were actually needed without having to accommodate the susceptibilities of ...
Contents
The emergence of a constitutional force 16011745 | 31 |
Compulsion and its alternatives 17451802 | 61 |
From expediency to rationalisation 18021815 | 91 |
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