Libro The Naval Brigades of the Indian Mutiny: Two Accounts of the Brigades of h. M. S. Pearl & h. M. S. S De E A Williams; Edmund Hope Verney Sir

portada The Naval Brigades of the Indian Mutiny: Two Accounts of the Brigades of h. M. S. Pearl & h. M. S. Shannon

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Leonaur Ltd

Autor

E A Williams; Edmund Hope Verney Sir

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

248

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781782821458

The Naval Brigades of the Indian Mutiny: Two Accounts of the Brigades of h. M. S. Pearl & h. M. S. Shannon

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ISBN: 9781782821458 Géneros: Sinópsis: The sailors and guns of the Royal Navy in India The activities of the Royal Navys brigadeswhen its sailors left their ships with their precious guns to fight on land in concert with the armyare justifiably compelling to students of military history Unusual aspects of warfare are always evocative and the naval brigades have performed exceptionally as their several V C awards demonstrate in many campaigns often in difficult and exotic locations and on hard fought battlefieldsparticularly during the small colonial wars of the Victorian era Perhaps the most interesting of all these campaigns was when the crews of H M S Shannon and H M S Pearl were called upon to fight during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 The crews fought in different theatres of the campaign that of the Pearl operated close to the Nepalese border while the men of the Shannon under the inspirational leadership of Sir William Peel were present at the relief of Lucknow This unique Leonaur edition brings together two essential and compelling first hand accounts and includes maps and illustrations some of which are not to be found in the original or any other editions Highly recommended in every way Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket