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Author : James Grant
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Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune. Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Grant
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ISBN 13 : 9783337129262
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Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Grant
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290413862
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (138 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune; Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe with Illus by F a Fraser written by James Grant and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : James 1822-1887 Grant
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020496691
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (966 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune; Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe. With Illus. by F.A. Fraser written by James 1822-1887 Grant and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the heroic deeds of Scottish soldiers of fortune who served in various European armies from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It provides detailed accounts of their military exploits, adventures, and achievements in battlefield, including the renowned Black Watch regiment. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Grant
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333924379
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune written by James Grant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune: Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe Their achievements will form, ir is hoped, a stirring addition to our military annals, omit-ted in Scottish history, and will further show how our people, in whatever land they are cast, rise above those by whom they are surrounded, as surely as oil rises above water, to quote a writer who certainly was no friend to Scotland or her fame; and how many of them won the highest honours, civil and military - honours which many of their lineal descendants hold in the lands of their adoption. It will be shown how Scotsmen trained the armies and founded the eets of Russia; how for generations the old Scots Brigade of immortal memory was the boasted Bulwark of Holland; while second to none in war and glory were the Scottish Guard of the French Kings - that Guard of which only four were left alive when Francis I gave up his sword on the field of Pavia. Moreover, in this new mine of Scottish history, many, it is hoped, may discover the names of ancestors, relatives, and clansmen hitherto unknown to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author : James 1822-1887 Grant
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022446762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (467 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune; Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe. With Illus. by F.A. Fraser written by James 1822-1887 Grant and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the heroic deeds of Scottish soldiers of fortune who served in various European armies from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It provides detailed accounts of their military exploits, adventures, and achievements in battlefield, including the renowned Black Watch regiment. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410205209
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldier of Fortune written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the adventures and achievements during the 16th and 17th centuries of not only Scottish individuals, but in some instances entire Scottish regiments. More than 40,000 Scottish soldiers were in action on the continent during this era. Their stories were omitted from most Scottish histories. Scotsmen trained the armies and founded the fleets of Russia. For generations the old Scots Brigade of immortal memory was the boasted 'Bulwark of Holland'. Second to none in war and glory were the Scottish guard of the French Kings-that guard of which only four were left alive when Francis I gave up his sword on the field of Paris.
Author : James Grant
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230245843
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (458 download)
Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune, Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe written by James Grant and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... to fall back beyond the Tidone, covered by the fire of his artillery till nightfall. Early on the dawn of the 18th the allied Russians and Anstrians crossed the slender Tidone, and in four great columns hurled their strength against him, as he drew up in order of battle again along the line of the Trebia. As the country was thickly intersected by hedges and ditches, the approach was tedious, the attack difficu
Author : James Grant
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Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune. Their Adventures and Achievements in the Armies of Europe written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047417003
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Network North written by Steve Murdoch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing a series of economic, confessional, political and espionage networks, this volume provides an illuminating study of network history in Northern Europe in the early modern period. The empirically researched chapters advance existing 'social network theory' into accessible historical discussion.
Author : Alexia Grosjean
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047402537
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654 written by Alexia Grosjean and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work reveals the hitherto unrepresented relationship that developed between Scotland and Sweden during the second half of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries. Sweden's emergence as an independent Nordic, and indeed European, power required continual military and economic growth, which in turn necessitated a constant supply of manpower. The initially piecemeal migration of private individuals from Scotland bringing both martial and mercantile skills to Sweden gradually grew into an informal alliance, albeit officially sanctioned by the Swedes, based on personal networks. Equally the impact of Sweden's support for the Scottish Covenanting movement on British state-formation is scrutinized. This fresh perspective on Scottish-Swedish connections is aimed at those interested in state-formation, migration studies, diplomatic developments, and military history.
Author : Alexia Grosjean
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317318161
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 written by Alexia Grosjean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years’ War. Though Leslie’s life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years’ War, the British Civil Wars and the age of Military Revolution.
Author : James Miller
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857905481
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Swords for Hire written by James Miller and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1612, George Sinclair, an illegitimate son of a Caithness laird, became a Norwegian national hero. Along with almost 300 of his followers, Sinclair was killed in an ambush in Norway while marching to join the king of Sweden's army. Sinclair has legendary status in Norway but has been almost totally forgotten at home, just as the memory of thousands of other Scots who served as mercenaries in the armies of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries has faded into obscurity. In this book, James Miller tells how a considerable proportion of the able-bodied male population of Scotland at one time sought service on behalf of almost every dynasty and monarch on the continent. Some were fleeing from justice, others went to seek fame and fortune - and found it.
Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004474307
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Fighting for Identity written by Steve Murdoch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the impact of military activity upon Scotland's national identity as the country underwent a fundamental transition through domestic centralisation at the turn of the seventeenth century, integration into the United Kingdom in 1707, and as a partner in Britain's global empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is divided into three thematic sections that examine the evolution of Scottish military identity over the early modern period, how the Highland region moved from a relationship of hostility to the Lowland political authorities to the central element in eighteenth and ninteenth century Scottish soldiering, and, finally, how aspects of Scotland's civilian society interrelated with her soldiers.
Author : C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135195881X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book An Intrepid Scot written by C. Edmund Bosworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An Intrepid Scot' makes an important new contribution to the growing literature on the perceptions of the Islamic world and the 'Orient' in early modern Europe, at the same time as illuminating the attitudes of a Protestant from Northern Europe towards the Catholic South. In this book Edmund Bosworth looks at the life and career of William Lithgow, a tough and opinionated Scots Protestant, who had a seemingly insatiable Wanderlust and who managed to survive various misadventures and near-death experiences in the course of his travels. These took him through a dangerously Catholic Southern Europe to a dangerously Muslim Greece and Istanbul en route for his pilgrimage destination of the Holy Land; on another occasion he went through North Africa and returned circuitously via Central and Eastern Europe; but he was stopped in his tracks whilst endeavouring to reach the court of Prester John in Ethiopia, when he fell into the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and narrowly escaped a horrible death. Lithgow was one of several men of his time who journeyed eastwards, some as far as Persia and India, but unlike many others, he has not been the subject of a special study. Bosworth now places him within the context of the present interest in perceptions of the Islamic world and of the 'Orient' and 'Orientals' in early modern Europe. In addition to the entertainment of the travel narrative, the book shows how one Westerner of the time interpreted the alien East for his readers, and how the Ottoman Empire and its apparently unstoppable might both fascinated and struck fear into the hearts of those outside it.
Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004475672
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 written by Steve Murdoch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing both the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that led to Scottish involvement in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire. To the Scots, the war was linked to the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, rather than the politics of central Europe per se. In three sections, the 12 authors have illuminated the political processes that led to the participation of as many as 50,000 Scottish troops in the war. The official alliances of the Stuart regime, the independent diplomacy of the Scottish Parliament and the actions of numerous well placed individuals at various European courts are all shown to have had a bearing on this important episode of European history.
Author : Mrs. Constance Oliver Skelton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Gordons Under Arms written by Mrs. Constance Oliver Skelton and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
