The History of the Berry Head Fortifications Part 5 - PDF
During the early stages of the construction of the fortifications many schemes of defence, supplementary to the militia, were being hatched by local magnates.
The levies their plans proposed to raise would very likely have been called upon to serve in the redoubts of Berry Head, as part of the value of fortifications was considered to be as an efficient way of employing partly trained men.
As a former Surveyor-general of the Ordnance put it "Veteran troops only could be opposed to veterans in the open field, and superior numbers of the enemy must probably succeed; but within forts, militia, seamen, almost any stout brave fellow might be as useful in the article of defence as the most experienced soldier."...
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Technical Information (Metadata)
| Title | Value |
|---|---|
| Item | |
| Identifier | ref 376 |
| Creator | D Evans |
| Publisher | Torbay Library Services |
| Rights | Torbay Library Services |
| Source | Torbay Library Services |
| Subject | Maritime. Fortifications. Brixham |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Keywords | construction soldiers plans costs politics |
