A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 / First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

The volume surveys the evolution of the British Army from medieval origins through successive reforms and campaigns to the settlement that closed the mid-18th-century continental war. It interweaves battlefield narrative with analysis of recruitment, command, organisation, finance, and civil oversight, emphasizing how political relations influenced military institutions. The author explains methodological choices, source difficulties, dating conventions, and mapping challenges, and acknowledges deliberate omissions of technical and antiquarian minutiae. Overall the work balances operational accounts with administrative and constitutional context to sketch the army's structural development and institutional character over several centuries.