BAILEY (De Witt) SMALL ARMS OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN AMERICA 1664-1815: IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING BRITISH BATTLE WEAPONS OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF 1812.

376pp., 4to, illustrated throughout. 2009. The companion volume to the author's British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840, this masterpiece details more effectively than any previous book, the regulation patterns used by the British Army on campaign in the Americas. It is a must-have publication, and I understand includes some startling new information. Covers both land & sea forces, from Brown Bess muskets to Rifles, Carbines & Pistols. A huge quantity of data direct from Ordnance records helps to identify which regiment carried which arms. ESSENTIAL £52.50