The Wandering Army

By Huw J. Davies,

Book cover of The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War

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A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe

"Superb analysis."-William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal

At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army's military tactics were tired and outdated,…

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1 author picked The Wandering Army as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Huw Davies takes a long look at the tactics and training of the British army over a long period, culminating in the victories and defeats in this war. And there were extraordinary highs and lows in these twelve years.

He identifies the innovators, brilliant, hardworking men who changed the way cavalry and infantry worked, and the important decisions made in the Horse Guards in London. A new, well-written analysis.

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