Light Troops in the Seven Years War: Irregular Warfare in Europe and North America, 1755-1763 from our From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 series is now available! Histories of the Seven Years War or French and Indian War tend to concentrate on the more significant battles, but this approach overlooks the constant war of raids, ambushes and scouting that pervaded in both the North American and European theatres – what contemporaries referred to as the petite guerre or kleine krieg. Light Troops in the Seven Years War fills this gap by examining the conduct of these smaller but, at times, operationally and even strategically significant engagements. It draws parallels between the theatres as well. The work surveys the development of irregular troops, sometimes referred to as light infantry, on both continents during the eighteenth century and provides examples of these troops in action in the Seven Years War. Case studies are made of the ambushes at Gundersdorf and Domstadtl (1758) and the raid on Fort Bull (1756). Light Troops in the Seven Years War likewise highlights the careers of various practitioners, recognised by contemporaries as masters of irregular warfare, including Johann Ewald, Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak, Simon-Claude Grassin de Glatigny, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Graf Nikolas von Luckner, Johann von Monkewitz and Robert Rogers. ✨ Save 20% off RRP until Sunday 31st December – no code needed ✨ 🛒 Buy it here: https://www.helion.co.uk/.../light-troops-in-the-seven...
Thanks for posting. Registered an interest, though not the level I wargame at. Interesting background though.
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Light Troops in the Seven Years War: Irregular Warfare in Europe and North America, 1755-1763 from our From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 series is now available!
ReplyDeleteHistories of the Seven Years War or French and Indian War tend to concentrate on the more significant battles, but this approach overlooks the constant war of raids, ambushes and scouting that pervaded in both the North American and European theatres – what contemporaries referred to as the petite guerre or kleine krieg.
Light Troops in the Seven Years War fills this gap by examining the conduct of these smaller but, at times, operationally and even strategically significant engagements. It draws parallels between the theatres as well. The work surveys the development of irregular troops, sometimes referred to as light infantry, on both continents during the eighteenth century and provides examples of these troops in action in the Seven Years War. Case studies are made of the ambushes at Gundersdorf and Domstadtl (1758) and the raid on Fort Bull (1756).
Light Troops in the Seven Years War likewise highlights the careers of various practitioners, recognised by contemporaries as masters of irregular warfare, including Johann Ewald, Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak, Simon-Claude Grassin de Glatigny, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Graf Nikolas von Luckner, Johann von Monkewitz and Robert Rogers.
✨ Save 20% off RRP until Sunday 31st December – no code needed ✨
🛒 Buy it here: https://www.helion.co.uk/.../light-troops-in-the-seven...