From Waterloo to Balaclava: Tactics, Technology, and the British Army 1815-1854CUP Archive, 21.11.1985 - 188 Seiten In 1815 the British army stood at a peak in its history: under Wellington it had taken part in the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Yet in 1854, when next engaged in war against a European enemy, its performance was at best mediocre and at worst disastrous. For the press at the time, as for historians since, the Crimean War revealed an incompetent, antiquated army, rusty after forty years of complacent neglect. From Waterloo to Balaclava shows such oversimplification to be false. In addition to absorbing the lessons of the Napoleonic Wars, the army had to contend with recurrent campaigns throughout the Empire, and its tactics and doctrine were the subject of constant debate. Under the impact of industrialisation, the evolution of military technology proceeded apace, and the range and accuracy of infantry fire (and, potentially, artillery) increased at least fourfold. These three influences - the Napoleonic Wars, colonial campaigning, and new weaponry - all contributed to an evolution of tactics which pointed forwards to 1914 as much as backwards to 1815. |
Inhalt
The theory and the conduct of war | 1 |
the rulers of the field | 16 |
A Line Changing Front to the Rear on the Centre | 17 |
A Battalion from Line Forming Square on a Central Company | 19 |
Attack of the Kaffirs on the 74th Highlanders | 21 |
4a A Close Column Deploying into Line on a Central Company | 25 |
Battle of Chillianwallah | 27 |
The battle of Moodkee | 30 |
13th Light Dragoons in Pursuit of the Enemy | 82 |
Fighting in the Bush | 86 |
the arm of the future | 92 |
Fire | 98 |
Royal Artillery Repository Exercises 1844 | 108 |
Types of artillery round | 115 |
10 Inch Howitzer 18 Pounder | 124 |
56pounder gun | 127 |
Thouvenins pillar and Delvignes bullet | 39 |
Pillar and bullet of the Lancaster rifle | 45 |
the blighted flower | 55 |
The battle of Aliwal | 58 |
IO The battle of Ferozshuhur | 60 |
Ira The Military Seat as it is | 67 |
12a The Regiment in Close Column of Squadrons | 71 |
Royal Horse GuardsBlue | 76 |
68 Pounder in a Casemate | 128 |
Vaubans system of fortification under siege | 130 |
The Rocket Troop 1835 | 137 |
Conclusion | 142 |
Bibliography | 163 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 170 - States cavalry,) [sic] one of the officers sent to the seat of war in Europe, in 1855 and 1856.
Seite 167 - AN ESSAY ON A PROPOSED NEW SYSTEM OF FORTIFICATION, with Hints for its Application to our National Defences.
Seite 170 - Remarks on Military Law and the Punishment of Flogging (1837) ; A Dialogue on the Poor Laws (1838?) ; A Letter on the Defence of England by Corps of Volunteers and Militia...