1726 ART of WAR Military Battle Tactics Birac Dragoons William of Orange ENGLISH

1726 ART of WAR Military Battle Tactics Birac Dragoons William of Orange ENGLISH

‘The New Art of War’ is an early 18^th-century collection of military treatises by French military officers.  It includes treatises by Lamont, Valliere, and Birac including:

• The duties of an officer
  • Directions and instruction on leading cavalry and foot soldiers
• Duties of general soldiers
  • Expectations from privates through commanders
• The Practice of War by Great Generals
  • Orders of marching, courier-marching
  • Encampments
  • Traveling on horse and foot
  • Drawing army lines and battle lines
  • Attack and defense formations
  • Crossing rivers and difficult terrain
  • Entrenching armies
  • Defending forts and fortified locations
  • Using and employing garrisons and surprise attacks
  • Establishing quarters
• Rules ordered by Prince William of Orange
• Cavalry and dragoon practices

Item number: #23555

Price: $950

BIRAC

The new art of war

London: Printed for E. Midwinter, 1726. New edition with ‘never published before’ portions.

Details:

• Collation: complete with all pages
  • xii, 296, [4]
  • 4 plates (1 folding)
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
• rare and desirable

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