William Hay had a varied and exciting military career during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, which took him to the Peninsula, to Waterloo and, after 1815, to Canada. First commissioned into the crack 52nd Light Infantry and serving with that regiment in the campaigns of 1810 and 1811 promotion took him into the 12th Light Dragoons. Afte

Making extensive use of previously unpublished material this book gives an unprecedented view of the Waterloo Campaign from the viewpoint of a single regiment. It reveals the preparations that preceded the battle, the role of the regiment in the battle, and the long months spent in France after Paris fell, until the regiment finally returned home i

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The Russian Patriotic War of 1812 tells the story that inspired Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace and will appeal to those interested in Russian history, military history and wargamers alike.

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For most of the war, until the fall of Lord North's ministry in 1782, Lord Sandwich managed the navy as First Lord of the Admiralty. The demands on the resources of the Royal Navy, at home and abroad, meant that he faced an unending struggle to balance its priorities.

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An account of the campaign between Britain and France in the Indian Ocean between 1781 and 1783, in which the opposing squadrons were led by Sir Edward Hughes and Pierre-Andre de Suffren respectively.

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Third volume of an encyclopaedic chronicle of the locations and actions of British infantry regiments between 1793 and 1815, including detailed field officer biographies, demographics, establishments, monthly locations, and battle honours. Will appeal to both military and family historians looking for army ancestors.

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