Organisation of army in Napoleonic wars 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryWarfareA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: elle1999Created on: 02-02-17 19:01 What did the Ordnance Board do? Extensive testing for guns and supplied large amounts of gunpowder, Birmingham supplied small arms expenditure. 1 of 12 What did the Victualling Board do? Send men out to fight in wars and got supplies from private builders which made them more competitive. 2 of 12 What were recruiting strategies? Pay £40 sign up but had to pay kit. 3 of 12 What were problems with married soldiers? Wives in barrack rooms with little privacy 4 of 12 What were other problems? High death rate and drills. 5 of 12 What kind of recruits were there? Criminals and foreign- KGL. 6 of 12 What were recruiting strategies? Getting men drunk and forcing them to sign up. 7 of 12 What did militia do? Home defence many preferred to real army until French invasion when bounty offered. 8 of 12 What did Army Service involve? Police work due to lack of police force. 9 of 12 What was purchase of commissions? When rich officers brought commissions and had few trained officers 10 of 12 How was commission exaggerated? Not allowed in Royal engineers given to rank below and Officers had to serve 2 years after Peninsular. 11 of 12 How did Officer class change after French invasion? 1000 officers meant had to open to more of different class. 12 of 12
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