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British Victory in Egypt

The End of Napoleon's Conquest
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
304 Seiten
Englisch
Bloomsbury Academicerschienen am07.01.2021
This richly detailed account reveals how Sir Ralph Abercromby's strategy restored the honour of the British army and averted disaster for the Empire.In 1800 the British army's reputation was in tatters, having experienced nothing but failure in wars across the world for forty years. At home, a divided cabinet had to face the problem of Egypt, which had been occupied by Napoleon's Army of the Orient since 1798.The momentous task of ejecting France fell to a disparate band of soldiers led by Sir Ralph Abercromby, an elderly general with a dubious military record. Yet, against all the odds, Abercromby's force decisively defeated the French army on 21 March 1801, bringing Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign to a definitive and crushing end.Piers Mackesy vividly brings to life the events of the battle and the characters involved, revealing how Abercromby's carefully planned and brilliantly executed strategy, and the discipline of the soldiers he had welded into cohesion, restored the honour of the British army, averted disaster for the Empire, and set the standard by which all future battles would be fought.mehr
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KlappentextThis richly detailed account reveals how Sir Ralph Abercromby's strategy restored the honour of the British army and averted disaster for the Empire.In 1800 the British army's reputation was in tatters, having experienced nothing but failure in wars across the world for forty years. At home, a divided cabinet had to face the problem of Egypt, which had been occupied by Napoleon's Army of the Orient since 1798.The momentous task of ejecting France fell to a disparate band of soldiers led by Sir Ralph Abercromby, an elderly general with a dubious military record. Yet, against all the odds, Abercromby's force decisively defeated the French army on 21 March 1801, bringing Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign to a definitive and crushing end.Piers Mackesy vividly brings to life the events of the battle and the characters involved, revealing how Abercromby's carefully planned and brilliantly executed strategy, and the discipline of the soldiers he had welded into cohesion, restored the honour of the British army, averted disaster for the Empire, and set the standard by which all future battles would be fought.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-7556-4301-1
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2021
Erscheinungsdatum07.01.2021
Seiten304 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 128 mm, Höhe 196 mm, Dicke 24 mm
Gewicht249 g
Artikel-Nr.57452747
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Maps and TablesIntroductionPreface Part I: Forging an Army1 Sir Ralph Is Not a Courtier´2 A Look at John Turk3 The Forging of The Blade4 Rehearsing Invasion5 The Eve of Battle Part II: Beach-Head6 Assault Landing7 We Shall All Fare Alike´8 A Cool Intrepidity´: The Mandara Battle9 We Must Make the Attempt´10 Surprised in Darkness11 The Battle in The Dawn12 The Price of Victory Part III: Breakout13 Ungracious Manners and A Violent Temper´14 Much More at Ease in His Command´15 The Thrust on The Nile16 The Verge of Mutiny17 Onward to Cairo Part IV: Honour Redeemed18 Forty Centuries Look Down19 The Final Manoeuvre20 The Fall of Alexandria21 The Achievement22 Abercromby´s Soldiers´ Later Titles of the British RegimentsNotesGuide to CitationsIndexmehr

Autor

Piers Mackesy is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of The War for America, Statesmen at War and War Without Victory, among others. He was awarded the Templar Medal for British Victory in Egypt.
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