63 results filtered with: Great Britain - History, Military - 18th century
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The history of the rise, opposition to, and establishment of the Edinburgh Regiment.
Date: 1778]- Books
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Thoughts on the duty of a good citizen, with regard to war and invasion; in a letter from a citizen to his friend.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: [1756]- Books
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The proceedings of a general court-martial held at the Horse-Guards on Friday the 7th, and continued by several adjournments to Monday the 24th of March 1760; and of A General Court-Martial held at the Horse-Guards on Tuesday the 25th of March, and continued by several Adjournments to Saturday the 5th of April 1760, upon the trial of Lord George Sackville. Published by Authority.
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Dublin, April 7th, 1709. This afternoon arrived a packet from Great Britain, which brought one Holland mail.
Date: 1709- Books
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A rhapsody on the present system of French politics; on the projected invasion, and the means to defeat it. Illustrated with plans, on three copper plates. By - , a Chelsea pensioner.
Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.Date: M,DCC,LXX,IX. [1779]- Books
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The military history of Great Britain, for 1756, 1757. Containing a letter from an English officer at Canada, taken prisoner at Oswego. Exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French, and their savage Indians, in Times of Peace and War. Shewing Their superior Advantages, and the only Means of Redress. Impartially delineating the present State of our Colonies in America, with some Hints for their future Regulation. Also, a journal of the siege of Oswego, the articles of capitulation. With a particular Table of their Inhabitants. Likewise of the loss and retaking of Bengall. A journal of the siege of St. Philip's in Minorca. With a Plan of the Fortification of St. Philip's its Environs, &c.
Date: 1757- Books
Britain's soldiers : rethinking war and society, 1715-1815 / edited by Kevin Linch and Matthew McCormack.
Date: 2014- Books
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A discourse of standing armies; shewing the folly, uselesness [sic], and danger of standing armies in Great Britain. By Cato.
Gordon, Thomas, -1750.Date: 1722- Books
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A letter to His E-y L-t G-l B-h.
Date: [1759?]- Books
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A dialogue between a lieutenant of a man of war. And a captain in the land service upon half-pay.
Lieutenant of a man of war.Date: [1720?]- Books
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The tower tragedy. Or, an account of a cruel bloody and inhumane murther, committed by Mr. Maugridge, (an Officer belonging to the Queen's Kettle-Drums) on the body of Captain Cope, at the Old Main-Guard, within the Tower of London; as also the unhappy occasion thereof. With his examination before Justice Smith in Goodman's-Fields, and his commitment last night to Newgate.
Mawgridge, John, 1676-1708.Date: 1706- Books
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The proceedings of a general court-martial held at the Horse-Guards on Friday the 7th, and continued by several adjournments to Monday the 24th of March 1760; and of A General Court-Martial held at the Horse-Guards on Tuesday the 25th of March, and continued by several Adjournments to Saturday the 5th of April 1760, upon the trial of Lord George Sackville. Published by authority.
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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The case of the Hon. Brig. Genl. Ingoldsby, in Relation to his conduct in the Late action at Fontenoy. Published with Leave.
Ingoldsby, Richard, -1759.Date: 1745- Books
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The military atchievements of the citizens of York; or, An account of the battle of St. Helena. To which is added, an essay on universal genius.
Briton, active 1787.Date: 1787- Books
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The Lords protest on a motion to address His Majesty, that His Majesty will be most grciously [sic] pleased to give orders, that the 16,000 Hanoverians, now in the pay of Great Britain, be no longer continued in the service of this nation, ... Die Veneris 9no Decembris, 1743.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1743- Books
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An act for encouraging and disciplining such corps of men as shall voluntarily enroll themselves under officers to be commissioned by His Majesty for the defence of this kingdom, during the present war.
Ireland.Date: 1799- Books
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The important question concerning invasions, a sea-war, raising the militia, and paying subsidies for foreign troops; fairly and impartially stated on both sides, and Humbly referred to the Judgment of the Public. being a new edition of the papers first published in the Evening Advertiser.
Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]- Books
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Dublin, August 12th, 1708. This afternoon arrive[d] a packet from Great Britain, which brought one Holland mail.
Date: 1708- Books
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A short address to the public, on the practice of cashiering military officers without a trial; and a vindication of the conduct and political opinions of the author. To which is prefixed, his correspondence with the Secretary at War. By Hugh Lord Sempill.
Sempill, Hugh Sempill, Baron, 1758-1830.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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Three speeches against continuing the Army, &c. as they were spoken in the House of Commons the last session of Parliament. To which are added, the reasons given by the Lords, who protested against the bill for punishing mutiny and desertion.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1718- Books
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A journal of the squadron, under the command of Nicholas Haddock, Esq; Rear Admiral of the Red, &c. from Spithead to Mahon : introduced with impartial thoughts, upon the past and present state of our affairs; Interspersed with cursory Remarks. In A Letter to a Friend. By the Rev. Mr. George Lumley, Of Merton-College, Oxon, Chaplain to his Majesty's Ship the Dragon.
Lumley, George, -1739.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The conduct of a late noble commander, candidly considered. With a view to expose the Misrepresentations of the Anonymous Author of the Two Letters Addressed to His L-p; To place the Controversy on a Foundation supported by Facts; to state the Difficulties, which obstruct a public Inquiry; and to propose a Method of removing Them.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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A letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents, upon his late resignation; with the correspondences between the Secretaries of War and him, relative to his return to America.
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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The lords protests on a motion to address His Majesty to exonerate his subjects of the charge and burthen of those foreign troops, which were taken into our service last year without the advice or consent of Parliament. Die Martis 10 Feb. 1742.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: Printed in the Year 1743- Books
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Reflections previous to the establishment of a militia.
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]