Part II: The Arrival of Gunpowder 57 in VS .NET

Generation QR in VS .NET Part II: The Arrival of Gunpowder 57

Introducing Gunpowder Artillery 60 Getting to grips with different types of gun 61 What s your gun called 62 Hiring in guns, gunners, and ammunition 62 Upgrading the Infantry 63 Waving goodbye to the longbow 63 And saying hello to the arquebus 64 Riding Around in Circles: Cavalry 65 Testing Out the New Ideas 66 The Battle of Flodden, 151366 The Spanish Armada, 158867

The First Civil War71 Setting the Civil War in swing 71 Campaigning in 1644 74 Reaching a conclusion: 1645 1646 75 The Second Civil War77 The Third Civil War77 The Battle of Worcester, 3 September 1651 78 The Irish Campaign, 1649 1652 79 Campaigning for the Commonwealth 79

The Changing Army 82 Raising a regiment: The proprietary system 82 Buying a commission 83 Introducing new types of soldier84 Dressing for battle 84 The First Regiments 85 Colours87 Battle honours and honour titles 87 Preparing for War: Logistics, Ballistics, and Fortification 88 Getting Some Action! 89 The Battle of Sedgemoor, 6 July 1685 89 The Battle of the Boyne, 1 July 1690 90

The War of Spanish Succession, 1701 171495 The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704 96 The Battle of Ramillies, 22 May 1706 97 The Battle of Oudenarde, 11 July 1708 98 The Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709 98 Handing out the spoils of war99 The War of Austrian Succession, 1740 174899 The Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743100 The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745 101

The Seven Years War, 1756 1763103 Losing Minorca, 1756 104 The Battle of Minden, 1 August 1759 104 The Battle of Emsdorf, 14 July 1760 107 The Battle of Warburg, 31 July 1760108 Same Old Enemy, Brand New Venues 108 Possessing the West Indies 108 The French and Indian War, 1754 1763 109 Getting curried away: War in India113 Defending Gibraltar115

One Day My Prince Will Come, 1708118 Here Comes James Again! The Fifteen 118 Hola! Spain s (Mini) Invasion of Scotland, 1719119 The Jacobites Return And This Time They re Bonnie: The Forty-Five 120 The Battle of Prestonpans, 21 September 1745120 The Battle of Falkirk, 17 January 1746 121 The Battle of Culloden, 15 April 1746 122 The American War of Independence, 1775 1783123 The Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, 1775124 Rebel failures in Canada 126 New York, New York 126 Making plans with Johnny and George128 Georgia on my mind, 1779 1781 130 Turning the world upside down 131

10: Revolting Frenchmen, The Grand Old Duke, and Boney: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 133

Campaigning with the Grand Old Duke of York: The Low Countries, 1793 1795 134 The Battle of Fishguard, February 1797 135 The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798136 Chasing the French out of Egypt, 1801 138 Fighting France Here, There, and Everywhere 139

11: Wellington Boots the French Out: The Peninsula to Waterloo 143

The Peninsular War, 1808 1814 144 The Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1808146 The Battle of Talavera, 27 July 1809146 The Battles of Torres Vedras and Busaco, 27 September 1810 147 The Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, 5 May 1811 148 The Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811149

The storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, 19 January and 7 April 1812 153 The Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812 153 The Battle of Vittoria, 21 June 1813 154 The War of 1812 155 The northern theatre 155 The Atlantic front 160 Fighting beyond the bitter end: New Orleans, 1815163 Catching the 1815 to Waterloo 163 The Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras, 16 June 1815164 The Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815165