Ordonnance pour la formation des bataillons et l'exercice avec les plans de la formation d'un bataillon en ordre de bataille ou parade, ainsy que les differentes conversions. It is signed at the foot of the title page 'Chique fecit en 1766', and at the end of some sections 'L'original est signé Le Comte de Daun'. The manual contains 25 coloured diagrams showing military formations. It is in French, with subheadings, notes and commands in German. There is an index. 389pp.
Count von Daun: Imperial Military Manual
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8993
- Dates of Creation
- 1766
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- French , German .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Purchased 1993
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Additional Information
Bound in contemporary mottled calf, gilt.