'Fairly out-Generalled and disgracefully beaten': the British Army in the Low Countries, 1793-1814

Limm, Andrew Robert (2015). 'Fairly out-Generalled and disgracefully beaten': the British Army in the Low Countries, 1793-1814. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

The history of the British Army in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars is generally associated with stories of British military victory and the campaigns of the Duke of Wellington. An intrinsic aspect of the historiography is the argument that, following British defeat in the Low Countries in 1795, the Army was transformed by the military reforms of His Royal Highness, Frederick Duke of York.

This thesis provides a critical appraisal of the reform process with reference to the organisation, structure, ethos and learning capabilities of the British Army and evaluates the impact of the reforms upon British military performance in the Low Countries, in the period 1793 to 1814, via a series of narrative reconstructions. This thesis directly challenges the transformation argument and provides a re-evaluation of British military competency in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Type of Work:	Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)
Award Type:	Doctorates > Ph.D.
Supervisor(s):	Supervisor(s) Email ORCID Snape, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
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College/Faculty:	Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Arts & Law
School or Department:	School of History and Cultures
Funders:	None/not applicable
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DH Netherlands (The Low Countries) U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
URI:	http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/5792

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