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Nothing But My Sword Sam Coull

Nothing But My Sword By Sam Coull

Nothing But My Sword by Sam Coull


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This text commemorates the military life of Field Marshall James Keith. It was his heroism that saved the Prussian army from annihilation in the seven years war and he paid for it with his own life.

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Nothing But My Sword: The Life of James Keith by Sam Coull

Frederick the Great's battlefield triumphs are seen as a tribute to Prussian skill at arms, but many of his victories were won with the aid of a Scottish general. James Keith fled Scotland after the failure of the Jacobite uprising. He initially made a name for himself in the Russian service. Keith eventually entered the Prussian service and was at Frederick the Great's side at the battles of Prague, Rossbach, Leuthen and Olmutz. At Hochkirch Frederick ignored Keith's advice, but was saved from catastrophe when the Scottish general sacrificed himself. Today a statue of General Keith stands in the Scottish town of Peterhead, a gift of the Prussian monarchy.

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GOR001552301
9781841580241
1841580244
Nothing But My Sword: The Life of James Keith by Sam Coull
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Birlinn General
19991209
224
N/A
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