"The Problems of Recruitment for Scottish Line Regiments..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2016 12:39 p.m. PST |
…during the Napoleonic Wars. "The great war which Great Britain waged against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France drained Scotland of
manpower long before the ultimate overthrow of the
Emperor Napoleon I at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Britainemerged from this struggle with enhanced prestige and clearlyhad little inclination to question the methods employed to provide the soldiers who gained that victory. A closer examination of recruiting methods which were practiced in Scotland however suggests that the political leadership of Great Britain was extremely fortunate to have obtained a successful outcome. The administration of William Pitt, encouraged by his Scottish colleague, Henry Dundas, and its successors, attempted to raise far too many soldiers in the northern kingdom for its population to support without conscription…."
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| Lieutenant Lockwood | 29 Sep 2016 3:10 p.m. PST |
Thanks an excellent article; thanks for sharing! |
| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2016 11:03 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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