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Mss Eur Mack Private 39
- Record Id:
- 040-003409295
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002305423
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057837033.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur Mack Private 39
- Title:
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Java Collection - Miscellaneous - Cingalese War.
- Scope & Content:
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p. i: Java Collection-Miscellaneous- l. Observations on the Cingalese War & the manner of carrying on Military Operations in Ceylon. 2. Short Account of the Origin & Operations of the War in Java from 1748 to 1758. These two works are in Dutch, with the following contents:
1, pp. iii, 1-202: Comprising :--(a) pp. iii, 1-26: Eerste Affdeeling der Anmerking. ouer. den Orlog met de Singaleesen. Ten opzigte der Singaleesen zelfst. This part includes :- Art: 1. Van het Caracter der Singaleesen: An estimate of the martial qualities of the Sinhalese, which the author does not rate highly; Art: 2. Van het Geschüt en Wapens der Singaleesen: A description of their weapons; Art: 3. Van der Singaleesen Disposities tegens een aanmarcheerend Corps: Their defensive tactics, stockades, &c.; Art: 4. Van der Singaleesen Onderneemingen tegens een Besetting Leeger, of Posteering: Their tactics in attacking a camp; Art: 5. Van der Singaleesen Onderneemingen teegens een terug marcheerend Detachement: Their methods of harassing a retreating expeditionary force. (b) pp. 29, 31-194: Tweede Affdeeling. der Anmefrkingen. ouer. den Oorlog met de Singaleesen Ten Opzigte der Europeese Trouppen. This part includes:- Art: 1. Van de noodwendige Voorbereijding tot een Campagne: On the preparations necessarily required for an expedition against the Sinhalese ; Art: II. Ontwerp van de benoodigde Artillerij Ammonitie, Prouisie, Gereedschappen en verdere Equipagie, voor een Corps van 856 Koppen tot een Expeditie van drie Maanden: Estimates of ammunition, supplies, transport, &c., for an expedition, with some proposals for the terms of recruitment of native troops; Art: III. Van Pontons, en Ammunitie Karren: On pontoons and ammunition wagons (with extracts from published works (pp. 71-7) on pontoons and rafts); Art: IV. Van het Marcheeren van een Detachement: comprising (1) Van het Marcheeren in 't allgemeen: On the order of march and strategy with (p. 93) a detailed table of the proper order of troops on the march; and (2) Van het Marscheeren in 't byzondre: On precautions to be taken in marching through forests, defiles, &c., in mountainous country (with special reference to the topographical conditions of Ceylon), and by night or in misty weather; Art: V. Van het attaqueeren der Batterien, Retrenchements en Verkappungs: Mode of attacking the enemy's stockades, &c. : Art: VI. Van de Passage over Revieren: Crossing rivers; Art: VII. Van de Leegers, haar Verschantzing, en de allgemeene en buitengewoone Leeger Diensten: The arrangement and fortification of camps, with instructions as to sanitary precautions, sentry duties, &c. ; Art: VIII. Verhandelung van Ordres de Battaille zoo verre dezelue hier bij voorvallende Geleegenheid zu1lten kunnen plaats vinden: Tactics in the field. (c) pp. 195, 197-202: Afhandelung van den Oorlog Vervattende Korte Uittreksels van Grondregels over verscheijdene Stoffen der Krijgskunde in 't algemeen, als over verscheijdene Deelen darvan in 't bijsondere Genoomen uit Esssai sur la Science de la Guerre, ou Recueil des Observations de diverens Auteurs, sür les moijens de la perfectionner. P(r) Msr: le Baron D'Espagnac Bigardier [=Brigadier] des Armees du Roy. Some Rather general observations on Military honour and courage, in two articles, translated from pp. 1-6 of Tome I of the above-named work, which was published in French at The Hague in 1751. The author's full name was Jean Baptiste Joseph Sahuguet d' Amarzit, Baron d'Espagnac.
2, pp. 205, 207-341: Short A ccount of the War in Java in 1741 to 1756. (p. 207): Kort verhaal van den Oorspronk van den laatsten Javaschen oorlog en het gelukkig Einde daar van door den Algemeenen Vreede. In Dutch and, subject to verbal differences, identical with 27. 2 supra, q.v.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002305423
040-003409295 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Mack Private : Colin Mackenzie Papers: Private Collection
Mss Eur Mack Private 39 : Java Collection - Miscellaneous - Cingalese War. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002305423[0051]/040-003409295
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Mack Private
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume, 341 pages
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Dutch
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1759
- Date Range:
- 1750s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm.
- Finding Aids:
- For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K288
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)