Combined operations and the European theatre during the Nine Years' War, 1688-97

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ID7793485
AuthorsK A J McLay (0000-0002-7929-8465, University of Chester, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume78
Issue202
Pages506-539
Publication date2005-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistorical Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2281.2005.00334.x
OpenAlexW1974907876
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This articles assesses the strategic and operational purpose of England's combined army-navy operations within the European theatre during the Nine Years' War, 1688–97. Specifically, the historical consensus that these operations were simply a compromise product of the contemporary political discourse, and consistently suffered from poor preparation and implementation, is reassessed. In so doing, the article considers the combined service descents planned and executed against the northern French coastline between 1691 and 1694, including in particular the renowned operation at Brest in June 1694, and also those operations undertaken by Admiral Russell's Mediterranean fleet in 1695. Accordingly, the article argues that the strategic and operational dismissal of combined operations is based upon a misunderstanding of their contemporary purpose, and that these actions were in fact promoted by both the court and the ministry as strategic handmaidens to the wider continental and maritime strategies

Christian ministry · Compromise · Dismissal · Economics · Economy · Management · Navy · Operations management · Operations research · Political science · Politics · Engineering · Historical Studies of British Isles · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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