543 GERMAN TROOPS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (2): Hannover, Braunschweig, Hessen-Hanau, Waldeck, Ansbach-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst

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Second volume offers a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War. While the largest body of German troops was from Hessen-Cassel (see the first volume), the British also fielded troops from Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel, Hessen-Hanau, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Brandenburg Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst. This volume also covers the Hanoverian soldiers involved in the sieges of Gibraltar and Menorca. Analyzes how these hired soldiers provided the Crown Forces with much-needed manpower and contributed crucial combat skills in the form of the Jager, renowned specialists in open-order warfare. Contains color artwork plates, as well as color and black and white photographs and illustrations.