PDF Shipcraft 8 - Fletcher Class Destroyers by Lester Abbey in History

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The history of the Wild Geese including the Revolutionary War; the French Revolution; and Napoleon's Irish Legion.Covering the period from King James II's reign of the three kingdoms of England; Scotland; and Ireland in 1685; until the disbandment of the Irish Brigades in France and Spain; this book looks at the origins; formation; recruitment; and the exploits of the Irish regiments; including their long years of campaigning from the War of the Grand Alliance in 1688 right through to the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. What emerges is a picture of the old-fashioned virtues of honor; chivalry; integrity and loyalty; of adventure and sacrifice in the name of a greater cause.