papers, papers
Accession Number

NAM.1974-05-13-7

Description

One of seven folios giving extracts from three ancient infantry drills compiled by an anonymous soldier who noted them to be ‘most necessary to be used in Ireland’, nd. Consists of: right file 32: squadron 64 and maniple 128, from Xenophon. Oblique file, squadron and maniple from Arian and scattered file squadron, maniple and company from Appian Alexandrme. Illustrated with diagrams. One of twenty six folios of extracts from military writers of antiquity, nd. From a manuscript book consisting of 174 folios of military information compiled during the early seventeenth century.

Campaigns

Irish War (1594-1603)

People

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