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Manila Ransomed

The British Assault on Manila in the Seven Years War

by (author) Nicholas Tracy

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1995
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780859894265
    Publish Date
    Jan 1995
    List Price
    $38.50

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Description

In 1762, at the end of the Seven Years War, 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. Commanded 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.

About the author

Nicholas Tracy is an adjunct professor of History at the University of New Brunswick, with his research focusing mainly on naval and seapower history from the age of sail to the present. He is an Associate of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Visiting fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. He currently lives in New Brunswick.

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