The Cabinet of Cyclopedia, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Cabinet of Cyclopedia, Vol. 1: Biography, Eminent British Military CommandersRed in the tactics of our most renowned warriors The life of sir Walter Manny, for example, exhibits a specimen of the military commander at an era when war was rather a trial of bodily prowess than a science. That of sir Francis de Vere serves to illustrate the gradual introduction of a new sys tem, originating in the invention of fire-arms, and necessarily resulting from it. Cromwell, of course, holds his place in this collection, as the founder of standing armies in England and Marlborough, as the man who first established the claim of the British soldier to take rank with the best and most skilful in Europe. It has been a source of considerable embarrass mbnt as well as regret to the author, that he has 'e'timself restricted, by the plan of his work, to s detail of the military careers of the several great men who form the subjects of his pages. The ex traordinary talents of our Cromwells and our Marl boroughs cannot possibly be illustrated, if we confine our attention entirely to their proceedings in the field: indeed, it may be questioned whether there ever lived a really great military commander, who was not at the same time a profound statesman and an able diplomatist. Nevertheless, as he was led to understand, that it was not of the men themselves, so much as of their military services that he was ex pected to give an account, he has on numerous occasions put restraint upon his own wishes, and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.