Fortescue's History of the British Army: Map Compendium

By John William Fortescue

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FORTESCUE'S HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY: VOLUME IV MAPS MAPS AND PLANS CAMPAIGN OF THE NETHERLANDS 1793-1795 1. Positoin of Famars. 2. Dunkirk. 3. Position of the opposing armies April 1794. 4. Battle of Turcoing. 5. Avesnes-le-Sec, Villers en Cauchies, and Beaumont. 6. Willems. CAMPAIGNS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 1793-1795 7.Toulon. 8. Corisica. 9. Bastia. 10. Calvi. CAMPAIGNS OF THE WEST INDIES, *1793-1798 Leeward Sphere 11.Haiti, with inset of St. Domingo. 12. Jamaica. Windward Sphere 13. Martinique 14. Guadeloupe. *For general map of the West Indies see Volume III HISTORY OF THE ARMY 15. St Lucia. 16. Castries. 17. St Vincent. 18. Grenada. 19. Dominica. CAMPAIGN OF NORTH HOLLAND 1799 20. General Map of North Holland. 21. North Holland: Helder to Petten. 22. North Holland: Pette to Alkmaar. 23. Cape of Good Hope, with inset of Capetown and Simons-town. GENERAL MAPS 24. The Netherland, North-East France, and the Lower Rhine. 25. France, and the Western Mediterranean, with five insets-(1)Malta (2)Valetta (3)Minorca(4)Connaught, 1798, (5)Partitions of Poland. 26. Egypt and The Eastern Mediterranean, with three insets(1)Peninsula of Alexandria, from Aboukir Bay to Alexandria (2) The Battle of 21st March 1801 (3) The Valley of the Nile. 27. Southern India, with two insets (1)Seringapatam (2)Ceylon. FORTESCUE'S HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY: VOLUME VII MAPS LIST OF MAPS 1. Martinique, 1809. 2. Operations in the Saints, April 1809; Operations in Guadeloupe, January-February 1810; Guadeloupe and adjacent Islands (three Maps on one sheet). 3. Walcheren Campaign, 1809. 4. Spain and Portugal (1807-1814) 5. Campaign in Portugal, 1809. 6. The Passage of the Douro, May 12, 1809. 7. The Campaign of Talavera, June-September 1809. 8. Talavera: the Final Attack, June 28, 2-3pm. 9. Talavera: night of July 27 1809. 10. Ischia and Procida; North-East Sicily and the Straits of Messina; Operations in Santa Maura, March-April 1810; Santa Maura, Ithaca, Cephallonia, and Zante; the Ionian Islands, 1809-10 (five Maps on one sheet). 11. Cadiz, 1810. 12. Campaign in Portugal, 1810. 13. Action on the Coa, July 24 1810. 14. Bussaco: morning of September 27, 1810. 15. Line of Torres Vedras, 1810-11. 16. Europe, 1810. 17. Mauritius and Bourbon, 1810. 18. Java, 1811. FORTESCUE'S HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY: VOLUME VIII MAPS BATTLE PLANS AND SMALLER MAPS 1. Barrosa, March 5, 1811. Inset-small map for campaign of Barrosa, February-March 1811. 2. Sabugal, April 3, 1811. 3. Fuentes de Onoro: first and second days, May 3-4 1811. 4. Fuentes de Onoro: third day, May 5, 1811. 5. Albuera. May 16 1811: first position. 6. Albuera, May 16, 1811: the final attack. 7. The Campaign on the Agueda, August-September 1811. 8. Arroyo Molinos, October 18, 1811. 9. Tarifa, December 22, 1811-January 4, 1812. 10. Ciudad Rodrigo, January 9-19, 1812. Inset-Plan and Section of the Great Breach. 1. Badajoz, March 17-April 6, 1812. Inset-Four sections of the Fortifications; enlarged Plan of the East Front. 12.The Forts of Salamanca June 17-27, 1812. 13. Operations round Salamanca, July 1812. 14. Salamanca, July 22, 1812: the beginning of Marmont's manoeuvre. 15. Salamanca, July 22, 1812: Wellington's attack. 16. Burgos, September 19-October 21, 1812. 17. Operations round Salamanca, November 1812. 18. The Lake Frontier of Canada and the United States. Inset-the Frontier on the Niagara River. LARGER MAPS 19 General Map of Spain and Portugal, 1807-1814. 20. Massena's Retreat, January-April 1811 HISTORY OF THE ARMY 21. The Portuguese Frontier, for operations of Wellington and Beresford, April-August 1811. Inset-Plan: Cavalry affair at Campo Mayor, March 25. Map: Position on the Caia, June-July 1811. 22. Spain: Operations, January-November 1812 (Northern Sphere). 23. Spain: Operations, January-November 1812 (Southern Sphere). Inset-Plan and Sections for the attack on the French posts covering the bridge at Almaraz, May 1812.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474535674
• ISBN13: 9781474535670
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"