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Tango01  | 22 May 2020 2:47 p.m. PST |
…Special Troops: The Army of the Dutch Republic, 1713-1772 "The Dutch Republic was one of the great European powers during the 17th and 18th centuries. Generally, the Dutch Republic was considered to have lost that status after the Peace of Utrecht (1713); however, when the Republic entered the War of Austrian Succession in 1740, it was able to field an army for over 80,000 men, which expanded to over 110,000 men during the war, and was still a European power to be reckoned with. The losses it suffered in that conflict led to a period of decline, which in the end would result in the end of the Republic in 1795. But despite the years of neutrality, shortages, budget cuts and reorganizations, the army was still quite a formidable force…"
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| dbf1676 | 23 May 2020 8:57 a.m. PST |
I found this volume to be more useful than Vol. 1, which covered the infantry. Both book are short. I'm not sure why they didn't publish these in a single volume. |
| Tango01 | 23 May 2020 11:13 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile)
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
