Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century
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Baron Collingwood
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Battle of Cape St Vincent
Battle of Chesapeake Bay
Battle of Havana
Battle of Minorca
Battle of the Saints
Battle of Toulon
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Ushant
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Strategy
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- ISBN 9781837651115
- Weight: 411g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2023
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Naval warfare is vividly brought to life, from first contact through how battles were won and lost to damage repair.
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists[rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea inthe eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did.
DR SAM WILLIS is one of the UK's best-known historians. He has written more than twenty books, many on maritime and naval history, and presented more than ten multi-part history documentaries for the BBC and National Geographic including the BBC's The Silk Road which has been viewed by tens of millions worldwide.
