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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War.The successful British defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, of the 24th Regiment of Foot began once a large contingent of Zulu warriors broke off from the main force during the ...
At the start of the war in December 1941, the army had a strength of 1,686,000 soldiers divided into 29 infantry, 5 armored and 2 cavalry divisions. Of these divisions, only two were outside the continental United States, the remaining 34 lacked essential equipment and only 17 had received sufficient training to be considered combat ready.
British Regulars. Commonly used to describe the Napoleonic era British foot soldiers, the British Regulars were known for their distinct red uniform and well-disciplined combat performance. Known famously in British folklore as the Red Coats, these hardened soldiers were the backbone of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775-1861 (2015) Higginbotham, Don. The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763-1789 (Macmillan, 1971) online; Humphreys, Margaret. Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American Civil War (Johns Hopkins UP, 2013) pp. 208-242. online
British Army during the American Revolutionary War. The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years in the American Revolutionary War, which was fought throughout North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775, to September 3, 1783. The war formally commenced at the Battles of Lexington and Concord ...
A British soldier of the 29th Regiment of Foot in 1742. The experience of British soldiers in the eighteenth century would have depended on where he was stationed, the time period and who he was fighting. The British Army underwent significant changes during the eighteenth century, mainly to ensure they would be able to perform well in the ...
Rook (chess) The rook (/ rʊk /; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture an enemy piece on its path; it may participate in castling. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one in each corner on their side of the board.
During World War II, the Regular Army served as a corps of professionals who helped form the initial leadership of the Army of the United States. Regular Army officers would sometimes hold two ranks: a permanent rank in the Regular Army and a temporary rank in the Army of the United States. Promotions within the Army of the United States were ...