Regulations for the exercise of riflemen and light infantry; and instructions for their conduct in the field.
Dublin.
Printed for M. Neary Mahon, 1803.
8vo.
iv, 71 [i.e. 70]pp. With nine engraved plates, two of which comprised of 'Signals of the bugle horn in the movements of light troops'. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn. Loss to lower margin of torn title page, contemporary inked ownership inscription 'Charles Platt Capt. 50th'.
An early nineteenth century Dublin-printed edition, preserved in original unsophisticated state, of army officer and much-admired military tactician Sir William Fawcett's (1727-1804) translation of Francis de Rottenburg's German drillbook.
In 1781, having served with distinction in several campaigns in Germany, Fawcett was appointed adjutant-general on the British establishment, promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and charged with reviewing the severely disrupted and outmoded drill system. He was well-suited to the task, being widely considered to possess one of the finest strategic minds of his day, and well versed in contemporary martial literature having translated, inter alia, Reveries, or, Memoirs upon the Art of War (London, 1757), and Regulations for the Prussian Cavalry (London, 1759).
Provenance: Charles Platt, Captain with 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot, veteran of the Napoleonic Wars who saw action at the Battle of Copenhagen.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 34022
In 1781, having served with distinction in several campaigns in Germany, Fawcett was appointed adjutant-general on the British establishment, promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and charged with reviewing the severely disrupted and outmoded drill system. He was well-suited to the task, being widely considered to possess one of the finest strategic minds of his day, and well versed in contemporary martial literature having translated, inter alia, Reveries, or, Memoirs upon the Art of War (London, 1757), and Regulations for the Prussian Cavalry (London, 1759).
Provenance: Charles Platt, Captain with 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot, veteran of the Napoleonic Wars who saw action at the Battle of Copenhagen.
