General Richard Kane Brigadier (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A New System of Military Discipline for a Battalion of Foot in Action (1745) Campaigns of King William and Queen Anne 1689-1712. Book.

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Condition: New. 2004 N & M Press reprint (original 1745). SB.xvi + 140pp. 19 plates. .(14 in colourPublished Price £14.50 Published in the year of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, this is a fascinatingly informative early military manual which combines a history of Britainâs wars with France in the reigns of King William III and Queen Anne, with a description of âA new systemâ of military discipline and exercises of horse and foot in the age of Marlborough. The author, Brigadier-General Richard Kane, was a professional soldier and sometime Governor of Minorca. Kane begins by describing William of Orangeâs campaigns in Ireland and Flanders following his âGlorious Revolutionâ of 1689. He moves on to describe the Duke of Marlboroughâs victorious campaigns against France in the War of the Spanish Succession after 1700, including the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. The book concludes with a illustrated section on the latest infantry and cavalry tactics and manoevres. A must for re-enactors, war-gamers, and any student of 18th century warfare.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Published in the year of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, this is a fascinatingly informative early military manual which combines a history of Britain's wars with France in the reigns of King William III and Queen Anne, with a description of 'A new system' of military discipline and exercises of horse and foot in the age of Marlborough. The author, Brigadier-General Richard Kane, was a professional soldier and sometime Governor of Minorca. Kane begins by describing William of Orange's campaigns in Ireland and Flanders following his 'Glorious Revolution' of 1689. He moves on to describe the Duke of Marlborough's victorious campaigns against France in the War of the Spanish Succession after 1700, including the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. The book concludes with a illustrated section on the latest infantry and cavalry tactics and manoevres. A must for re-enactors, war-gamers, and any student of 18th century warfare.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. A New System of Military Discipline for a Battalion of Foot in Action (1745) Campaigns of King William and Queen Anne 1689-1712 | Brigadier General Richard Kane | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2015 | Naval & Military Press | EAN 9781845740122 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Hardback, full calf with raised bands to spine, gilt, contemporary binding. Important account of the Campaigns of King William with remarks on his stratagems. 2nd Edition 1747 140pp., folding map of Europe as preface, hand coloured, 16 further plates, including maps and troop dispositions, again nicely hand coloured. Some foxing, recent bookplate, some minor ink line of writing in French to endpaper etc. Binding is reasonable tight with very slight gap faintly visible along edge of spine. Overall a very good example and nice to find it complete. Ships from UK.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). The very scarce second edition of Brigadier General Richard Kane's illustrated account of the military campaigns of King William III. The second edition of this very scarce work. It was first published in 1745 under the title 'Campaigns of King William and Queen Anne', but reissued in this second edition with an altered title.Kane's work discusses the military campaigns of King William III in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, with a particular focus on the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession.The work contains detailed accounts of some of the major battles and sieges of these wars, and the strategic decisions that shaped them.Collated, illustrated with a folding map, and sixteen further engraved plates. Lacking only the vanishingly scarce folding map frontispiece.ESTC reference number T124053The second edition of this very scarce insight into the military history of the period, from a man who was involved in the events relayed; Kane fought in William III's campaigns in Ireland, and was present at the Battle of the Boyne and Siege of Limerick in 1690. Kane then fought under the Duke of Marlborough after William's death, fighting in many battles of the War of the Spanish Succession. Rebound in full calf, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with spotting throughout. Spotting most prominent to first and last few leaves, and pages surrounding plates. Very Good Indeed. book.

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