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Download or read book Scottish Battles written by John Sadler and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish history has been shaped and defined by a series of great battles. John Sadler gives the first full military history of Scotland for many years. From Mons Graupius to Culloden, he shows how terrain and politics shaped the campaigns and decisive engagements we still remember today. Each chapter also features sections on the development of warfare - its tactics, equipment and styles of fighting. For the military historian, Scotland is a fascinating example of how a small country can fight off domination by a far larger neighbour. From Celtic warfare to the feudal host to the professional armies of the eighteenth century, from guerrilla warfare to the pitched battle, from siege to Border Reiver, Scotland is unique in having had almost every major type of warfare taking place within its frontiers. Battles such as Bannockburn, Flodden, and Culloden, have a resonance and impact far beyond Scotland. John Sadler weaves chronicle, narrative and analysis together in a masterly way, recreating the drama and passion of centuries past.
Book Synopsis Famous Scottish Battles by : Philip Warner
Download or read book Famous Scottish Battles written by Philip Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-07-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives a vivid account of Scottish military history from the coming of the Romans to Scotland to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. There are detailed descriptions of sixteen of the most important battles with up-to-date maps which enable the reader and visitor to find and understand the sites.
Book Synopsis Scottish Battlefields by : Chris Brown
Download or read book Scottish Battlefields written by Chris Brown and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a painstaking survey of every Scottish battle from Mons Graupius AD 84 to Culloden 1746. Scotland has been formed by war to a greater extent than almost any other nation—war against the Romans, the Vikings, one another and, throughout the medieval and early modern eras, with England. Many of Scotland's battlefields have already been covered by modern developments, many more are at risk, often because their existence, let alone significance, is known to so few. If battles are "no more than the punctuation marks of history" it is not enough to know where these punctuation marks occurred, it is important to understand why.
Book Synopsis Discovering Scottish Battlefields by : John Kinross
Download or read book Discovering Scottish Battlefields written by John Kinross and published by Bloomsbury Shire Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Battlefields of England and Scotland by : John Kinross
Download or read book Battlefields of England and Scotland written by John Kinross and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Kinross gives a detailed overview of the historic battles, relices found and location of the lost battlfields of England and Scotland.
Book Synopsis Battles of the Scottish Lowlands by : Stuart Reid
Download or read book Battles of the Scottish Lowlands written by Stuart Reid and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2004-09-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical guide retells, in graphic detail, the story of nine of the most important battles to be fought in Scotland south of the Highland Line, stretching from Aberdeen to the Firth of Clyde. The battles range from medieval period to the time of Jacobite Rebellion. They show how weapons andequipment, tactics and strategy, and the make up of the armies themselves changed over the course of almost 500 years. By concentrating on these nine battles Stuart Reid provides a concise, coherent account of Scottish military history, and he presents detailed reassessments of each battle in the light of the very latest research. His book is fascinating introduction to Scottish military history and an essential guide for readers who are keen to explore these battle sites for themselves.Three of the battles belong to the medieval period and Scotland's fight to establish and maintain its independence from England—Wallace's victory at Stirling Bridge in 1296, Bruce's even greater victory at Bannockburn in 1314 and then, at the end of the period, the crushing defeat at Pinkie in1547. Three more battles belong to the bloody civil wars of the seventeenth century—Montrose's great victory at Kilsyth in August 1645, Cromwell's triumph at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 and the short, bloody action at Inverkeithing that followed. Finally for the Jacobite period the trilogy covers Sherriffmuir 1715, Prestonpans 1745 and the conclusive encounter at Falkirk 1746.By skillful use of maps, diagrams and photographs the author explains the complex, sometimes puzzling sequence of events that make these encounters so fascinating. He provides a detailed tour of each battleground as it appears to the visitor in the present day and rediscovers the lanes and by-ways tramped by soldiers hundreds of years ago.
Book Synopsis Britain's bloody battles by : Rhys Ryan Evans
Download or read book Britain's bloody battles written by Rhys Ryan Evans and published by Rhys Ryan Evans. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We will see a list of wars and humanitarian conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included. For a list of wars that have been fought on the United Kingdom mainland, see the list of wars in Great Britain. Historically, the United Kingdom relied most heavily on the Royal Navy and maintained relatively small land forces. Most of the episodes listed here deal with insurgencies and revolts in the various colonies of the British Empire. During its history, the United Kingdom's forces (or forces with a British mandate) have invaded, had some control over or fought conflicts in 171 of the world's 193 countries that are currently UN member states, or nine out of ten of all countries.
Book Synopsis The Highland Battles by : Chris Peers
Download or read book The Highland Battles written by Chris Peers and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth history of medieval Scottish warfare highlights the rivalries between the Norse warlords and the early Scottish kings. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Scotland’s northern and western highlands underwent a turbulent period of significant wars. The Highlands and islands were controlled by the kings of Norway or by Norse or Norse-Celtic warlords, who not only resisted Scottish royal authority but on occasion seemed likely to overthrow it. In The Highland Battles, Chris Peers provides a coherent and vivid account of the campaigns and battles that shaped Scotland. The narrative is structured around a number of battles—Skitten Moor, Torfness, Tankerness, Renfrew, Mam Garvia, Clairdon and Dalrigh—which illustrate phases of the conflict and reveal the strategies and tactics of the rival chieftains. Peers explores the international background to many of these conflicts which had consequences for Scotland’s relations with England, Ireland and continental Europe. He also considers to what extent the fighting methods of the time survived into the post-medieval period.
Book Synopsis Travels in Scotland (1842) by J.G. Kohl by : Ursula Cairns Smith
Download or read book Travels in Scotland (1842) by J.G. Kohl written by Ursula Cairns Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of a German traveller's account of his journey through Scotland in 1842
Book Synopsis The Battlefields of Scotland by : Theodore C. F. Brotchie
Download or read book The Battlefields of Scotland written by Theodore C. F. Brotchie and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scottish and Border Battles and Ballads by : Michael Brander
Download or read book Scottish and Border Battles and Ballads written by Michael Brander and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Famous Scottish Battles by : Philip Warner
Download or read book Famous Scottish Battles written by Philip Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-07-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives a vivid account of Scottish military history from the coming of the Romans to Scotland to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. There are detailed descriptions of sixteen of the most important battles with up-to-date maps which enable the reader and visitor to find and understand the sites.
Download or read book The Celtic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Discovering Battlefields in Northern England and Scotland by : John Kinross
Download or read book Discovering Battlefields in Northern England and Scotland written by John Kinross and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Culloden Tales written by Hugh G. Allison and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culloden was the last battle on British soil. It marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the inevitability of the American Revolution and increased the outpouring of Scots across the globe. It is the only battle that British Army regiments are not permitted to include in their battle honours; the only battle that Bonnie Prince Charlie ever lost; and the only battle that the Duke of Cumberland ever won. Culloden is a battlefield, a graveyard and an iconic site that draws people from all parts of the world. And as they come, they bring with them their stories and their father's father's stories. These stories tell of civil war, of love, of the unexpected and even of the supernatural. They are peopled by the second-sighted, by clan chiefs and by others who have kept family secrets for centuries. The battlefield is a poignant location, resonant with past deeds and emotive memories. These Culloden tales are offered as a unique record to the power of the place.
Book Synopsis Wolfe in Scotland in the '45 and from 1749 to 1753 by : James Thomas Findlay
Download or read book Wolfe in Scotland in the '45 and from 1749 to 1753 written by James Thomas Findlay and published by London ; Toronto : Longmans, Green. This book was released on 1928 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Burton Holmes Travelogues: England. Scotland. Ireland by : Burton Holmes
Download or read book Burton Holmes Travelogues: England. Scotland. Ireland written by Burton Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
