British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century

Tactics in Battle
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-00884-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century (1972) examines the problems of eighteenth-century naval warfare, and differs in two important respects from orthodox opinions. It shows that the belief that the fighting instructions of the eighteenth century were Admiralty orders which cramped the initiative of admirals has been disproved by documentary evidence; and it argues that a study of the most important sea battles of the period indicates that the view that tactics at sea should always be based on principles which had been accepted as axiomatic in land warfare appears to have been misguided. The book examines the tactical problems which faced some of the greatest admirals of the time and analyses how they dealt with them.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Creswell, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Origins of the Line of Battle 2. Tactics at the Opening of the Eighteenth Century 3. Hoste’s Naval Evolutions 4. The Battles of Malaga and Toulon 5. The Beginning of Additional Instructions and the Battles of Finisterre 6. Byng at Minorca 7. Quiberon Bay 8. The Battle of Ushant, 1778 9. Byron and d’Estaing at Grenada 10. Rodney and de Guichen, 17 April 1780 11. The Battle of the Chesapeake, 5 September 1781 12. The Battle of the Saints, April 1782 13. Reform of the Signal Books 14. Clerk of Eldin 15. The Glorious First of June 16. The Battle of Cape St Vincent 17. Trafalgar 18. Conclusion