Africa The German Empire seized most of the strategic naval stations of the British Empire, allegedly to prevent a world crisis, but it soon became clear as most of the Empire plunged into rebellion and civil war that the British could not ensure order and the German presence became a permane...
5-Ball Infantry Officer's Sword (Spadroon), 1780s-1800 Introduced in the 1780s this was considered the first attempt at a uniform pattern sword for the British Infantry. Called the 5-ball Spadroon because of the 5 ball decoration on the hilt, this pattern proved quite popular and even the...
Brigade of Guards drummer and foot soldier What was to become the Third Regiment of Foot Guards was originally the Life Guards of the Army of Scotland, formed in 1642. It was deactivated while Charles was in Europe. Upon his return, the Life Guard became the Scots Guard and part of the ...
It did not help that among the American prisoners in the Bean Camp was one particularly nasty character, a private soldier who refused to listen to officers, stole food and personal items from the wounded, beat others up, and seems to have been directly responsible for at least one death. ...
He recollected on this subject a strong expression of a right honourable gentleman (we suppose Mr. Windham), who said, that since the capture of Richard I, the conduct of the Court of Vienna had been marked by an uniform series of treachery towards this country. To guard against this ...
Portraits, such as Sir Joshua Reynold's Portrait of John, Marquis of Granby in the uniform of Col. of R... Shaw,P John 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Word over image: Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Washington Allston, and the (dis)illusion of Grand Manner history painting. Historians ...
A Narrative of the Adventures, Dangers, and Some Sufferings of a Revolutionary War Soldier. 1831: By the author. 1976: Under the title ‘Private Yankee Doodle. 2010: Penguin Books, New York, NY. McCullough, David. 1776. 2005: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. Reed, William B. Life and...
When World War II began in 1939, Britain made India a belligerent without consulting Indian elected councils. That action angered Indian officials and prompted the Congress Party to declare that India would not support the war effort until it had been granted complete independence. In 1942 the org...
Title / Office: governor-general (1836-1842), India Role In: Anglo-Afghan Wars First Anglo-Afghan War See all related content George Eden, earl of Auckland (born Aug. 25, 1784, Eden Farm, near Beckenham, Kent, Eng.—died Jan. 1, 1849, The Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire) was ...
There the local sepoy garrison joined the Meerut men, and by nightfall the aged pensionary Mughal emperor Bahādur Shah II had been nominally restored to power by a tumultuous soldiery. The seizure of Delhi provided a focus and set the pattern for the whole mutiny, which then spread through...