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A British army, as it was,--is,--and ought to be : $b illustrated by examples during the Peninsular War; with observations upon India; the United States of America; Canada; the boundary line; the navy; steam warfare, &c.Campbell, James

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A British army, as it was,--is,--and ought to be : $b illustrated by examples during the Peninsular War; with observations upon India; the United States of America; Canada; the boundary line; the navy; steam warfare, &c.

Name: A British army, as it was,--is,--and ought to be : $b illustrated by examples during the Peninsular War; with observations upon India; the United States of America; Canada; the boundary line; the navy; steam warfare, &c.
Author: Campbell, James

Campbell, James

Great Britain. Army

Continuation of the subject, and showing how essential it is that
   corps for East India service, and for our colonies, should be formed,
   with a view to rendering the regular army perfectly efficient.--Various
   changes recommended and reasons assigned for them
   being necessary.--Some observations                                   60


   CHAP. IV.

   Continuation of the subject, with observations upon various matters
   connected with the efficiency and discipline of the army.--Veterans
   unfit for service in North America.--Remarks upon
   proposed changes in our militia.--Attention called to various
   subjects.--Improvements in system, &c. suggested.--Numbers of
   men taken away upon service from corps as bat-men, &c., its evil
   effects, and a remedy proposed.--Baggage and followers of an
   army in the field, &c.                                                88


   CHAP. V.

   Introductory observations upon the staff of an army.--Remarks upon
   the état-major of the French army.--The staff wanted for a
   British army.--Remarks upon the battle of Talavera.--Staff of an
   army continued.--An efficient and highly respectable police for
   an army in the field recommended.--Some of its duties alluded
   to.--Important remarks upon military police and courts-martial.--Staff
   duties continued.--Medical department and its establishments
   in the field.--The commissariat department in the
   field.--Observations                                                 126


   CHAP. VI.

   Farther observations.--Insufficiency of allowance of practice ammunition
   for corps.--Hints for the maintenance of discipline in
   quarters and in the field.--Attention to the religious and general
   education of regiments strongly urged.--A plan for this purpose
   proposed.--Various necessary observations, &c.--Lord
   Wellington's letter to generals commanding divisions and brigades, with
   remarks.--Useful observations upon the storming of Ciudad
   Rodrigo.--Remarks and general order relating to the 3rd division
   in the retreat from Elbodon to Guinaldo.--Storming of the
   castle of Badajoz.--Conduct of our troops there given to show
   the composition and conduct of a British army in the field           171


   CHAP. VII.

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A British army, as it was,--is,--and ought to be : $b illustrated by examples during the Peninsular War; with observations upon India; the United States of America; Canada; the boundary line; the navy; steam warfare, &c.

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