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Dayton Agreement (1995)
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UNPROFOR/IFOR/SFOR
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,
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Bosquet, Pierre, Marshal
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Botha, (Boer) Gen. Louis
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,
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,
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Boucher, Maj.-Gen. Charles (GOC Malaya)
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Boyne, battle (1690)
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,
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Braddock, Maj.-Gen. Edward
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Bradley, US Gen. Omar
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,
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Brain l’Alleud (Waterloo)
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,
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Bramall, FM Edwin (’Dwin), Lord Bramall
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n
,
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n

Brazil, free trade rights
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Brecon, South Wales Borderers depot
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Brereton, US Gen. Lewis
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Brewer, Cpl Joseph (Royal Waggon Train)
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A Bridge Too Far
(film, 1974)
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brigades
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,
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brigadiers
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Briggs, Lt-Gen. Sir Harold, plan for Malayan Emergency
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,
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n

Brims, Maj.-Gen. Robin
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Britain

against Napoleonic France (1801–15)
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,
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,
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against Revolutionary France (1792–1801)
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alliance with Prussia and German states (1756)
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arms industry (1930s)
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financial subsidies for allies
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,
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Foreign Office reaction to Argentine threat
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&
n

gains from Seven Years War
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Hanoverian monarchy installed
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maritime strategy
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Military Service Act (1916)
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Militia Act (1757)
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n

MoD and Treasury defence cuts
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,
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&
n

Pitt’s options (1756)
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,
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plans for Chinese equal rights in Malaya
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relations with N. American colonists
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response to Bismarck
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search for ‘peace dividend’
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,
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,
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,
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strategic defence review (1998)
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&
n
strategic/economic effect of American losses
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unpreparedness for war (1939)
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wars
see under
n
ames
of wars

‘winter of discontent’ (1978–9)
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n

see also
England; Parliament

British army

in Afghanistan (1839–42)
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in Afghanistan (1878–80)
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,
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n

in Afghanistan (2001–9)
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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against Americans (1775–83)
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against Imperial France (1801–15)
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,
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,
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against Revolutionary France (1792–1801)
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agents
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aid to civil power
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all-professional
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,
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all-terrain competence
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army list
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Articles of War
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barracks
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,
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battle honours
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brigading to save money
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career attractions
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&
n

Catholic Irish serving in
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&
n

Catholic officers appointed by James II
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changes post-1919
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character of a soldier
(Edinburgh Review
1828)
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in colonial N. America
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comment by Victor Hugo
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commissariat/logistics (combat service support)
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Corunna veterans’ condition
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Cumberland’s reforms
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cuts, disbandments and amalgamations from 1960
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,
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decline in
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th century
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in defence
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&
n

defence spending under Thatcher
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Dettingen Company (Sandhurst)
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discipline and misbehaviour
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)

dragoons
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&
n
,
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,
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,
(iv)

Duke of York’s reforms
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enlistment periods
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equipment (1938)
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equipment shortages (1939)
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,
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equipment versus manpower (1990s)
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esprit de corps
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n
,
(v)

expansion (Marlborough period)
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expansion (Seven Years War)
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,
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expansion (First World War)
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fighting spirit in France (1940)
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first regiments
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forces in Malaya
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,
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Grenadiers and Fuziliers
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,
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Guards regiments
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
&
n
,
(v)
n
,
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Haldane reforms
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Hartington Commission reforms
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,
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high-intensity operations capability
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Highland regiments
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,
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,
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,
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Household Division
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,
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&
n

Household troops
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n
,
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,
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in India
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,
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,
(iii)
,
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&
n

influence of US army style
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in Iraq
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,
(ii)
; morale
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,
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Iraq experience effects
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legal status in relation to Parliament
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light cavalry troops
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,
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,
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,
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,
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light infantry
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,
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,
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,
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,
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in the Low Countries (1690s)
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military effectiveness
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)

military justice
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new regiments raised by James II
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‘non-combat’ mission in Afghanistan
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officer class after First World War
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official manuals for campaign planning
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‘Old Contemptibles’
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,
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operational resilience
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‘Options for Change’ (1990) army cuts
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organization and structure
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n
,
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,
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overstretch in Iraq/Afghanistan
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,
(ii)
&n
,
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parliamentary control of budgets
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peacetime usefulness
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pioneers
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post-Civil War payment of arrears
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post-Crimea reforms
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,
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preparedness for Second World War
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,
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n

professional officer training
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,
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,
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promotion criteria (18th cent.)
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‘proud, plodding, peerless’
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public perception and respect
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,
(ii)
&
n

public spending cuts (1922)
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purchase of commissions
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,
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,
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,
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,
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ranger companies in N. America
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rearmament under Chamberlain
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reduced after Waterloo
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‘regeneration’ after Alexandria (1801)
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,
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resistance to change after Waterloo
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,
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respect for enemies
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retreat to Corunna (1808–9)
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retrenchment after Nine Years War
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