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Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Charts and Tables -- Foreword by Dr Roger Knight -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes and Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. British Expeditionary Warfare, 1793-1815 -- 2. Bringing Forward Merchant Shipping for Government Service, 1793-1815 -- 3. Competing Demands for Merchant Shipping, 1793-1815 -- 4. Economy versus Efficiency -- 5. Conjunct Operations and Amphibious Assaults: Naval and Military Co-operation -- 6. Troop Ships: King's Ships or Merchant Transports? -- 7. Castlereagh's European Expeditions, 1805-08 -- 8. 1809: A Year of Military Disappointments -- 9. The Turning of the Tide -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- 1. The British Shipping Register: An account of the number of ships, with their tonnage, which belonged to the several ports of the British Empire between September 1799 and 1820 -- 2. Abstract of ships built in the several ports of England from 1786 to 5 January 1814 -- 3. Return of the effective strength of the regular and militia forces on 25 June and 25 December 1808-16, specifying the numbers serving at home and abroad -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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9781782043188 (electronic bk.) |
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1782043187 (electronic bk.) |
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9781843839491 |
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1843839490 |
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