Stuart Reid

Armies of the East India Company 1750-1850 (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Embleton, Gerry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Contrary to popular belief, the capture of India was not accomplished by the British Army, but by the private armies of the East India Company, which grew in size to become larger than that of any European sovereign state. This is the history of its army, examining the many conflicts they fought, their equipment and training, with its regiments of horse, foot and guns, which rivalled those of most European powers. The development of their uniforms, which combined traditional Indian and British dress, is illustrated in detail in this colourful account of the private band of adventurers that successfully captured the jewel of the British Empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849080965
• Artikelnr.: 38456311

Autorenporträt

Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954 and is married with two sons. He has worked as a librarian and a professional soldier and his main focus of interest lies in the 18th and 19th centuries. This interest stems from having ancestors who served in the British Army and the East India Company and who fought at Culloden, Bunker Hill and even in the Texas Revolution. His books for Osprey include the highly acclaimed titles about King George's Army 1740-93 (Men-at-Arms 285, 289 and 292), and the British Redcoat 1740-1815 (Warrior 19 and 20).

Inhaltsangabe

Origins
defence companies raised for trading stations · The reforms of Stringer Lawrence and Robert Clive 1740s
50s · Campaigns: Against Dupleix 1751
54
Suraja Dowla and the 'Black Hole of Calcutta' 1756
battle of Plassey, 1757 · The Mysore Wars 1766
69, 1780
83, 1789
92 · First Maratha War 1779
82 · Fourth Mysore War, 1799
Tippoo Shaib and Arthur Wellesley at Seringapatum · Second Maratha War 1803
05 · Hindustan & Gurkha Wars 1804
16 · Third Maratha War 1817
18 · Burma War 1823
26 · First Afghan War 1839
42 · Sind 1843 · First and Second Sikh Wars 1848
49 · Evolution of uniforms and equipment