Cover Page
Title Page
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INTRODUCTION
MAPS
I THE AGE OF BROWN BESS
THAT ARTICLE THERE
SCARLET AND BLUE
TO FLANDERS, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
RED COAT AND BROWN BESS
ENGLAND, HOME AND BEAUTY?
II ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND ALL THE KING’S MEN
SWORD AND STATE
LINE OF BATTLE
III BROTHERS OF THE BLADE
SCUM OF THE EARTH
EPAULETTE GENTRY
IV HORSE, FOOT, GUNS – AND WOUNDS
MARCHING REGIMENTS
GALLOPING AT EVERYTHING
THE NIMBLE GUNNER
CURRENCY OF WAR
V HOME FIRES
MORE LIKE PRISONS
DAUGHTERS OF THE REGIMENT
CARROT AND STICK
VI FOREIGN FIELDS
CHAIN OF COMMAND
THE TROOPER’S ON THE TIDE
THE PAINFUL FIELD
THE IMMINENT DEADLY BREACH
CAPTAINS IN OPEN FIELD
EPILOGUE
WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE
References
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
Also By Richard Holmes
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