The Yeomanry and Volunteers of 1794-1808: A Guide to Military Art

by Ray Westlake

The Volunteer Corps and their mounted component the Yeomanry Cavalry were a voluntary part-time organisation for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

The Corps typically drew its members from the propertied classes. Officers were usually members of the gentry and the enlisted ranks tended to be from the lower middle classes. The failed Exp dition d'Irlande of 1796 and invasion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474538304
• ISBN13: 9781474538305
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.7"