Garrison: Ten British Military TownsPeter Dietz Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1986 - 209 pagini |
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... troops and supplies . Colchester , being just nineteen miles from Harwich and on a good road , was ideally situated to serve as a staging post for troops en route to and from the Continent . There were no permanent barracks and the ...
... troops and supplies . Colchester , being just nineteen miles from Harwich and on a good road , was ideally situated to serve as a staging post for troops en route to and from the Continent . There were no permanent barracks and the ...
Pagina 13
... troops returning from Corunna where the hard fighting had greatly reduced the regiments which had fought in that campaign . Colchester itself provided a volunteer force in aid of the war , raising about 600 infantry and two small troops ...
... troops returning from Corunna where the hard fighting had greatly reduced the regiments which had fought in that campaign . Colchester itself provided a volunteer force in aid of the war , raising about 600 infantry and two small troops ...
Pagina 37
... troops , whilst Sir John himself was arrested and held until the ' Glorious Revolution ' of 1688 was an accomplished fact . Connivance , at least on the part of the troops if not the officers , seems likely since during the commotion ...
... troops , whilst Sir John himself was arrested and held until the ' Glorious Revolution ' of 1688 was an accomplished fact . Connivance , at least on the part of the troops if not the officers , seems likely since during the commotion ...
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