Reid, Stuart. Wellington’s Highland Warriors: From the Black Watch Mutiny to the Battle of Waterloo, 1743-1815. Foreword by Philip Haythornthwaite. London, Frontline Books, 2010. 16 x 24cm. (13), 237 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

‘Wellington’s Highland Warriors’ covers the early history of the British Army’s Highland regiments, from the raising of the Black Watch in 1739 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Stuart Reid provides an entertaining and thoroughly original study of the circumstances in which the regiments were authorized and recruited, not just in the Highlands but all across Scotland, so that “Highlanders and Scotchmen” became synonymous. It also tells the story of how they acquitted themselves in almost every corner of the globe from the bogs of Ireland to the burning plains of India. Each chapter follows a theme based around the experiences of one particular regiment and employs extensive but careful use of contemporary correspondence and memoirs to let those involved tell the story in their own words. [From dustjacket notes]

Includes for example the following chapters: The Black Watch and Mr. Pitt’s Army / The Cameron Highlanders / High Jinks and Whisky: The Gordons / Mutiny: The Strathspey Fencibles / Castlebar Races: The Fencibles at War / The Glasgow Highlanders and the Corsican Ogre / Scotland Forever

• Keywords: Great Britain · History · Military · Naval & Military History
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781848325579
• Inventory Number: 90794AB

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