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Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. By: Julian Stafford Corbett (1854-1922) |
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FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS
1530 1816 EDITED
WITH ELUCIDATIONS FROM CONTEMPORARY AUTHORITIES
BY
JULIAN S. CORBETT, LL.M. PRINTED FOR THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
MDCCCCV THE COUNCIL
OF THE
NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
1904 1905 PATRON
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., K.T., K.P. PRESIDENT
EARL SPENCER, K.G. VICE PRESIDENTS
BRIDGE, ADMIRAL SIR CYPRIAN PROTHERO, G.W.,
A.G., G.C.B. LL.D.
HAWKESBURY, LORD. YORKE, SIR HENRY, K.C.B. COUNCILLORS ATKINSON, C.T. KIPLING, RUDYARD.
BATTENBURG, PRINCE LOUIS OF, LORAINE, REAR ADMIRAL SIR
G.C.B. LAMBTON, BART.
BEAUMONT, VICE ADMIRAL SIR LYALL, SIR ALFRED C., G.C.I.E.
LEWIS, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS R.,
CLARKE, COL. SIR GEORGE S., K.C.B., F.R.S.
K.C.M.G. MARSDEN, R.G.
CORBETT, JULIAN S. NEWBOLT, HENRY.
DESART, THE EARL OF, K.C.B. PARR, REAR ADMIRAL A.C.
DRURY, VICE ADMIRAL SIR SLADE, CAPTAIN EDMOND J.W.,
CHARLES, K.C.S.I. R.N.
FIRTH, PROFESSOR G.H., LL.D. TANNER, J.R.
GINSBURG, B.W., LL.D. THURSFIELD, J.R.
GODLEY, SIR ARTHUR, K.C.B. TRACEY, ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD,
HAMILTON, ADMIRAL SIR R. K.C.B.
VESEY, G.C.B. WATTS, PHILIP, D.SC., F.R.S. SECRETARY
PROFESSOR J.K. LAUGHTON, D.Litt., King's College, London, W.C. TREASURER
W. GRAHAM GREENE, C.B., Admiralty, S.W. The COUNCIL of the NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY wish it to be distinctly
understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or
observations that may appear in the Society's publications; For these
the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several
works.
PREFACE
The inaccessibility of the official Fighting Instructions from time to
time issued to the fleet has long been a recognised stumbling block to
students of naval history. Only a few copies of them were generally
known to exist; fewer still could readily be consulted by the public,
and of these the best known had been wrongly dated. The discovery
therefore of a number of seventeenth century Instructions amongst the
Earl of Dartmouth's papers, which he had generously placed at the
disposal of the Society, seemed to encourage an attempt to make
something like a complete collection. The result, such as it is, is
now offered to the Society. It is by no means exhaustive. Some sets of
Instructions seem to be lost beyond recall; but, on the other hand, a
good deal of hitherto barren ground has been filled, and it is hoped
that the collection may be of some assistance for a fresh study of the
principles which underlie the development of naval tactics. It is of course as documents in the history of tactics that the
Fighting Instructions have the greatest practical value, and with this
aspect of them in view I have done my best to illustrate their
genesis, intention, and significance by extracts from contemporary
authorities. Without such illustration the Instructions would be but
barren food, neither nutritive nor easily digested. The embodiment of
this illustrative matter has to some extent involved a departure from
the ordinary form of the Society's publications. Instead of a general
introduction, a series of introductory notes to each group of
Instructions has been adopted, which it is feared will appear to bear
an excessive proportion to the Instructions themselves... Continue reading book >>
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