THE SHORNCLIFFE ARCHIVE 7: Fortification and Military Discipline

Facsimile of the original 1688 edition plus a new 21 page illustrated introduction. The Jacobite John Stevens translated Allain Mallet's The Works of Mars or Art of War in 1688, providing a crucial English language study of military engineering and military discipline as used in the early years of the reign of Louis XIV. This is a crucial transitional period from the old pike and shot to the new horse and musket, but also a period where fortifications played a major part in military campaigns. Contains 33 original plates of fortifications and 20 plates of military discipline.