A system of camp-discipline, military honours, garrison-duty, and other regulations for the land forces. Collected by a gentleman of the army. In which are included, Kane's Discipline for a Battalion in Action.: With a Map of the Seat of War, Lines and Plans of Battles, and above Sixty Military Schemes, finely engraved from the Originals of the most eminent Generals, &c. To which is added, General Kane's campaigns of King William and the Duke of Marlborough, Impr
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London, Printed for J. Millan, opposite the Admiralty Office, , 1757. . 1757 vi, 146 [ie 138], 83 [ie 100] p. 22 engraved plates, some hand coloured, folding table. Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Worn on corners and with an older reback. Spine gilt in panels between raised bands, with a contrasting label. Title with a small hole in a blank area at the head. Signature of R[ichard] Cannon the 19th century military historian. Contents clean and tight. A sound copy. ESTC T51032.
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- A system of camp-discipline, military honours, garrison-duty, and other regulations for the land forces. Collected by a gentleman of the army. In which are included, Kane's Discipline for a Battalion in Action.
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- IMPARTIAL HAND
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- Hardcover
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- London, Printed for J. Millan, opposite the Admiralty Office,
- Date Published
- 1757.
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