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Zusatztext What Piers Mackesy has given us here is military history of a high order, clear in its detail, and meticulously based on archival research. Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Vorwort This richly detailed account reveals how Sir Ralph Abercromby's strategy restored the honour of the British army and averted disaster for the Empire. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Tables Introduction Preface Part I: Forging an Army 1 'Sir Ralph Is Not a Courtier' 2 A Look at John Turk 3 The Forging of The Blade 4 Rehearsing Invasion 5 The Eve of Battle Part II: Beach-Head 6 Assault Landing 7 'We Shall All Fare Alike' 8 'A Cool Intrepidity': The Mandara Battle 9 'We Must Make the Attempt' 10 Surprised in Darkness 11 The Battle in The Dawn 12 The Price of Victory Part III: Breakout 13 'Ungracious Manners and A Violent Temper' 14 'Much More at Ease in His Command' 15 The Thrust on The Nile 16 The Verge of Mutiny 17 Onward to Cairo Part IV: Honour Redeemed 18 Forty Centuries Look Down 19 The Final Manoeuvre 20 The Fall of Alexandria 21 The Achievement 22 'Abercromby's Soldiers' Later Titles of the British Regiments Notes Guide to Citations Index <...
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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.
