1st Edition

The Jacobite Campaigns The British State at War

By Jonathan D Oates Copyright 2011
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    The military aspects of the Jacobite campaigns in eighteenth-century Britain are considered in this study. Taken from the viewpoint of those loyal to the Hanoverian Crown, the three mainland campaigns of 1715–6, 1719 and 1745–6 are examined, using research based on primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers and State papers.

    Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Raising the Men; Chapter 2 The Army on Campaign; Chapter 3 The Battle; Chapter 4 The Siege; Chapter 5 The Formation of the Militia and Posse; Chapter 6 The Formation of the Loyalist Volunteer Forces; Chapter 7 The Militia and Volunteer Forces in Action; Conclusion;

    Biography

    Jonathan D. Oates