One of the irregular 'Forgotten Battles' articles on Defence in Depth; the focus being The Anglo-Ottoman campaign in Egypt march to September 1801 by Dr. Huw Davies.
The series are about:History aside it struck me - in my Easter armchair - that the British Army gained from its small wars experience when facing a conventional French army, albeit one deserted by its leader Napoleon. Later successes meant:Forgotten Battles is a feature on Defence-in-Depth designed to bring long-lost battles back from the depths of history. Our authors have chosen these engagements because they believe that their significance has been overlooked or overshadowed by better-remembered battles in history. The significance of the chosen battles may have been strategic and influenced greatly a particular war or campaign or may be based on other factors, such as social or cultural impact or the way in which a battle shaped the thinking of future leaders.There is the Defence in Depth article:http://defenceindepth.co/2015/04/06/...eptember-1801/The Egyptian campaign of 1801 is increasingly forgotten as the British Army achieved more impressive successes in the later years of the Napoleonic Wars.
Plus a slightly longer article (10 pgs):https://www.academia.edu/4258653/_A_...Peninsular_War
This is the third article in the series. I did post an earlier thread, using my title What if Ho Chi Minh had been killed in 1947? (with 1303 views):http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=21472
The second article is on a 1914 WW1 battle, which has IMHO no 'small wars' aspect, but is:http://defenceindepth.co/2014/10/29/...-october-1914/
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