British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794 / Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

Chapter 2: PREFACE

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It collects concise extracts from a larger military history chronicling British operations in Flanders between 1690 and 1794, recounting successive campaigns, set-piece battles, and sieges. The text combines campaign narratives with strategic commentary and detailed geographic description of rivers, towns, and defensive lines that shaped maneuver and logistics. Maps, plans, and notes accompany analyses of coalition coordination, siegecraft, and seasonal campaigning, offering practicable lessons and a compact reference for soldiers and readers seeking an accessible account of recurrent operations on the Low Countries’ theatre.

PREFACE

This volume consists simply of extracts reprinted from my History of the British Army. It is published in order that the troops at the front may, if they wish it, study the experiences of their forerunners in the Low Countries in a book which is fairly portable and fairly inexpensive, though neither so cheap nor so compendious as The British Soldiers’ Guide to Northern France and Flanders.

J. W. F.