British Infantry Equipments, 1808-1908 (Revised); Author: Chappell, Mike; Author: Chartrand, Rene; Paperback

Author: Chappell, Mike; Author: Chartrand, Rene
Revised Edition Series#:107; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Paperback; 8 Colour and 50 B&w Illustrations
48 pages
Published: November 1999
Osprey
ISBN: 1855328380

This completely revised edition of a classic Men-At-Arms title covers the history of British Infantry Equipment from the landing of Wellesley's army in Spain in 1808 to the introduction of the first equipment set of wholly cotton webbing in 1908. The intervening century had seen a dramatic improvement in the lot of the ordinary infantryman. Although the fifty year dominance of the Duke of Wellington had kept the army in a state of near stagnation, the years that followed the Crimean War saw a steady and consistent process of reform which gradually brought the British Army up to a par with those of the great European Powers.Covers the history of British Infantry equipment from the landing of Wellesley's army in Spain in 1808 through its Victorian glories to the eve of World War I. Colour plates depict the equipment in detail.