Charles Cooper King

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS, PLANS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS

THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY

CHAPTER I THE ARMY OF THE PEOPLE TO 1100

CHAPTER II THE ARMY OF THE NOBLES TO 1500

CHAPTER III THE PURITAN HOST

CHAPTER IV THE ARMY OF THE KING TO 1701

CHAPTER V MARLBOROUGH AND HIS MEN TO 1714

CHAPTER VI THE EMBERS OF THE CIVIL WAR TO 1755

CHAPTER VII THE ARMY IN AMERICA TO 1793

CHAPTER VIII THE ARMY AT SEA TO 1815

CHAPTER IX THE PENINSULAR ARMY: ( a ) ITS MAKING 1793 - 1808

CHAPTER X THE PENINSULAR ARMY: ( b ) ITS TRAINING 1808 (11)

CHAPTER XI THE PENINSULAR ARMY: ( c ) ITS REWARD 1811 (14)

CHAPTER XII THE ARMY IN THE NETHERLANDS WATERLOO, 1815

CHAPTER XIII THE ARMY AFTER THE LONG PEACE THE CRIMEA, 1854

CHAPTER XIV THE ARMY IN INDIA: ( a ) THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, ITS RISE 1600 - 1825

CHAPTER XV THE ARMY IN INDIA ( b ) THE FALL OF THE COMPANY AND AFTERWARDS 1825 - 1858

CHAPTER XVI THE ARMY IN INDIA: ( c ) THE ARMY OF THE QUEEN-EMPRESS 1858 - 96

CHAPTER XVII THE ARMY IN THE FAR EAST 1819 (75)

CHAPTER XVIII THE ARMY IN SOUTH AND WEST AFRICA 1834 (86)

CHAPTER XIX THE ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1867 - 96

CHAPTER XX THE ARMY AS IT IS

APPENDIX I THE PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES IN WHICH THE BRITISH ARMY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED SINCE 1658.

APPENDIX II LIST OF REGIMENTS, WITH THEIR FORMER NUMBERS AND

APPENDIX III LIST OF BADGES, MOTTOES, AND GENERAL NICKNAMES OF THE ARMY.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Map and Plan Drawing
History of Berkshire
George Washington
The British Army

ALSO EDITOR OF
Great Campaigns in Europe

THE STORY
OF
THE BRITISH ARMY

BY
Lieut.-Colonel
C. COOPER KING, F.G.S.

WITH PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1897

IN TOKEN OF A LENGTHENED FRIENDSHIP
I DEDICATE THIS STORY
OF
HER MAJESTY’S ARMY
TO
ITS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
F.-M. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.