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Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97 (Paperback)
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Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97 (Paperback)
Series: Men-at-Arms
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This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six
countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental
conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare.
Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' or League of Augsburg was a
military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic,
Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV's rich,
powerful and expansionist France. The first stage of the nine year
conflict that followed also coincided with the so-called 'Glorious
Revolution' in Britain (1688-91), when the throne passed to the
Dutch Protestant leader, William of Orange, the head of a
multi-national Dutch, Danish and English army, which finally
expelled James II's Jacobite and French forces from Ireland. The
long war on the continent was notable for the first widespread use
of regimental uniforms and flintlock muskets with bayonets, plus
the sophisticated use of siege warfare under the great French
engineer, Vauban. The final Treaties of Ryswyck (1697) brought the
war to an end and marked Louis XIV's political zenith, and also the
ascendancy of both the Dutch and British as first-rate global
powers. This fully illustrated title explores the armies which
fought the War of the Grand Alliance, examining their strength,
organization, uniforms and weapons, and explaining their campaigns
and major battles.
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