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To The Call of Bugles
Bill Openshaw
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Neuzeit bis 1918
Beschreibung
This highly readable illustrated biography on the Percy Tenantry Volunteers has been written with exclusive access to the current Duke of Northumberland's treasure trove of archive records. This book is for anyone interested in military history, especially Revolutionary and the Napoleonic war period, and for those looking at the local history of Northumberland, and especially Alnwick Castle. The history of Britain's conflict with France between 1793 and 1815 is well documented. Nevertheless, one aspect that has scant coverage, is that of the role of Volunteers. In 1798, afraid of impending invasion by France's all-conquering armies the British desperately needed to defend their shores. To The Call of Bugles reveals, for the first time, how among those who stood forward in Home Guard style military bodies, there was no finer example than that of the valiant Percy Tenantry Volunteers, created by the 2nd Duke of Northumberland, General Hugh Percy. This amateur body of men, 1,500 strong, consisting of cavalry, artillery and riflemen, was put together, trained, armed, dressed and operated by General Hugh Percy. This book provides stories from the original volunteers, an in-depth understanding of how such a corps was organised and reveals how they were fashioned into an elite and innovative fighting force.
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Duke of Northumberland, French, The Warrior Duke, musters, William Pitt, Light infantry and irregulars, Long Island, Thorighwegeri, Boston, Shilbottle, artillery, mustering, Rothbury, England, duties of a bugle, Major John Watson, Royal Marines, Battle of Bunker Hill, General Earl Percy, Alnmouth, General George Washington, Lord Warkworth, Alnwick, Napoleon, Home Guard, Alnwick Castle, The Percy Infantry, Hugh Percy 2nd Duke of Northumberland, France, Dorchester heights, Hugh Percy 3rd Duke of Northumberland, Southern District, transport, military, Revolutionary War, Colonel Earl Hugh Percy, Joseph Brant, Wall gun detachments, Percy Tenantry Volunteers, Sir David William Smith, Portugal, Rhode Island, Hugh Percy, Prince Frederick Ferdinand, bayonet, riflemen, Massachusetts, Britain, Timothy Hackworth, military history, uniforms and equipment, Admiral John Schank, British, Manhattan, Christopher Blackett, Northumberland militia, The Battle of Brizlee Tower, Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe, Concord, General Clinton, Tynemouth, cavalry, Canada, Lieutenant Colonel D.W. Smith, ammunition, the bugle horn, Prudhoe, New York, horses, General John Graves Simcoe, Harlem Heights, 95th Foot (Rifles Regiment), Berwick, Lexington, Napoleonic War, Northumberland, Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Cambridge, 5th Foot, infantry, William Hedley