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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

Name: British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"
Author: Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Flanders -- History, Military; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century

CAMPAIGNS OF 1744–5 (FONTENOY)                               133

    CAMPAIGNS OF 1746–7 (LAUFFELD, ROUCOUX)                      158

  WAR OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION                                   177

    CAMPAIGN OF 1793 (LINSELLES)                                 207

    PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1794                        261

    CAMPAIGN OF 1794 (VILLERS-EN-CAUCHIES,
          BEAUMONT, WILLEMS, TOURCOING)                          295

    CAMPAIGN OF 1794 (_Continued_)                               343

    END OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1794                                  366

                            MAPS AND PLANS

                                                                PAGE
    Steenkirk, 23rd July (3rd Aug.) 1692                          13

    Landen, 19th (29th) July 1693                                 27

    Lines of the Geete, 7th (18th) July 1705                      55

    Ramillies, 12th (23rd) May 1706                               67

    Oudenarde, 30th June (11th July) 1708                         85

    Malplaquet, 31st Aug. (11th Sept.) 1709                      111

    The Campaign of 1711                                         125

    Fontenoy, 30th April (11th May) 1745                         143

    Roucoux, 30th Sept, (11th Oct.) 1746                         163

    Lauffeld, 21st June (2nd July) 1747                          171

    Attack of the Allies on the Camp of Famars, 23rd May 1793    217

    Dunkirk and Environs, showing the Position of the Allies
        from 24th Aug. to 6th Sept. 1793                         237

    Campaign of April 1794                                       299

    Avesnes-le-Sec, 12th Sept. 1793; Villers-en-Cauchies,
        24th April 1794; Beaumont, 26th April 1794               303

    Willems, 10th May 1794                                       319

    The Netherlands in the 18th Century                      _At end_

                        VOL. I. BOOK V. CHAPTER II

I pass now to Flanders, which is about to become for the second time
the training ground of the British Army. The judicious help sent by
Lewis the Fourteenth to Ireland had practically diverted the entire
strength of William to that quarter for two whole campaigns; and
though, as has been seen, there were English in Flanders in 1689 and
1690, the contingents which they furnished were too small and the
operations too trifling to warrant description in detail. After the
battle of the Boyne the case was somewhat altered, for, though a large
force was still required in Ireland for Ginkell’s final pacification
of 1691, William was none the less at liberty to take the field in
Flanders in person. ◆1690. October.◆ Moreover, Parliament with great
good-will had voted seventy thousand men for the ensuing year, of which
fully fifty thousand were British,[1] so that England was about to
put forth her strength in Europe on a scale unknown since the loss of
Calais.

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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

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