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100 1 $aTracy, Nicholas,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88659766
245 10 $aManila ransomed :$bthe British assault on Manila in the Seven Years War /$cNicholas Tracy.
260 $aExeter, Devon, UK :$bUniversity of Exeter Press,$c1995.
300 $ax, 158 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aExeter maritime studies ;$v10
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 144-150) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Plan --$g2.$tThe Siege of Manila --$g3.$tThe Occupation --$g4.$tThe Reckoning.
520 $aManila Ransomed is the tenth volume to be published in the now well-established series Exeter Maritime Studies. The series aims to investigate and interpret not only the British maritime past but also European and international topics from the earliest times to the contemporary world.
520 8 $aIn the Seven Years War British forces developed a proficiency in combined operations which made possible the expansion of the British commercial empire around the world. In 1762 a small but technically proficient force of British Army regulars and East India Company soldiers supported by the ships and men of the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy, sailed from Madras to capture Manila.
520 8 $aCommanded by General William Draper and Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish, they captured the greatest Spanish fortress in the western Pacific and attempted to establish a trade with China.
520 8 $aThe story of the Manila episode in all its facets highlights the state of British military technique in the mid-eighteenth century. It also depicts the corruption and difficulties of the unreformed East India Company, and illuminates the development of British imperial interest in the Pacific. The Spaniards' defeat was not really surprising considering the isolation of their outpost and the fact that the garrison was commanded by the Archbishop.
520 8 $aEarly success, however, was to be followed by near disaster, and the British eventually departed because the Peace of Paris was concluded before the news of the conquest of Manila reached Europe.
650 0 $aAnglo-Spanish War, 1762-1763.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005096
651 0 $aManila (Philippines)$xHistory.
630 04 $aSeven Years' War, 1756-1763$xCampaigns$zPhilippines$zManila.
830 0 $aExeter maritime studies ;$vno. 10.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90607646
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