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Robin Thomas @RobinThomas1000

Shipping guy with an interest in the eighteenth century military. Author of ‘No Want of Courage. The British Army in Flanders, 1793-1795’ (Helion, 2022).

Joined November 2019
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Bought these two last week for less than the cost of a pint at one of my old haunts in London
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I’m excited to have received this @Cat_S_Beck, courtesy of the recent @boydellbrewer sale. Patronage networks have received so little treatment in studies of the 18C navy
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I’m very honoured to have been elected a Fellow of @RoyalHistSoc .
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I’m honoured to be giving the November @societyarmy online talk tomorrow! I’ll be speaking about the commissariat department during the Flanders campaign of 1793-5 sahr.org.uk/view-event.php?s…

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Giveaway of one book (English, French or Spanish version) among all participants who meet these requirements: - Follow my account. - Retweet & like this post. The deadline is next Friday, June 14 at 18:00 CET. Only shipments to EU, UK, USA & Canada. Good luck!#book #giveaway
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Two important books on the militia in Ireland during the 18C acquired this week (one courtesy of the @boydellbrewer sale).
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I know this is old news, but I finally got round to watching ‘Napoleon’ on a long flight. Let’s just say I won’t be rushing to see it again on a proper screen
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Just finished writing 12k words on the siege & capture of Louisbourg in 1745 by a scratch force of provincial militia, raised only 3 months before
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A truly remarkable achievement given the weather conditions (plenty of rain, snow and fog) and the amount of man-hauling of siege artillery required, over marshy & rocky terrain
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Louisbourg represented the only territorial gain of any significance during the War of the Austrian Succession, with the French willing to hand back Madras & the Austrian Netherlands to get it back at the peace
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Dr Andrew Bamford@AndrewBamford10
10 Nov 2023
Strongly recommended to anyone interested in how a late-18th century army functioned. @RobinThomas1000 did an incredible job mining the archives to put this book together.
Helion & Company Ltd
@Helionbooks
10 Nov 2023
#newblogpost Author of No Want of Courage: The British Army in Flanders, 1793-1795 from our From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 series, R.N.W. Thomas writes about the research behind his book. 📖 Read it here: helionbooks.wordpress.com/20… 🛒 Buy the book here: helion.co.uk/military-histor…
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Really chuffed with my recently arrived 4 vols of Lord Sandwich’s correspondence as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771-82. So much detail on the day-to-day management of the navy and Indispensable for understanding naval aspects of the AWI
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Got home last night from a lengthy biz trip to find the latest @societyarmy Journal with a nice review of my ‘No Want of Courage’ by @RMB_History. How did a British expeditionary force operate in the field? Why not take a look: helion.co.uk/military-histor…
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Been looking off & on for a copy of this for some time. An excellent analysis of the role of naval power in British strategic thinking, 1650-1850. Also important chapters on patronage & tactical deployments
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My third day at @UkNatArchives this month 🙄
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Some deja vu today
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Anyone listening to advertising nowadays could be forgiven for thinking that most victuals are ‘artisan’ or ‘hand crafted’ 🙄
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Took delivery of a very nice copy of Tony Hayter’s ‘The Army and the Crowd’. Forget battles & famous commanders, policing duties (& garrisoning His Majesty’s colonial possessions) is what the 18C army actually spent most of their time doing.
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Late opening today at @UkNatArchives 😀. Plenty of time left to break my record for the number of pics in a day 🧐
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Furiously typing up the paper I gave (The Royal Navy in North America, 1767-1771) at the @Helionbooks naval conference back in Oct. Can I/can’t I complete it by Sunday evening. This is the question

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OK so the first draft is done. 10.5k words. Mighty relieved. One less thing to do 😅. Would still like to check a couple of things in the PRO, but there it is
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