Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688–97

GABRIELE ESPOSITO is a professor of modern history, a freelance researcher and an author of military history books, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern postcolonial conflicts, including 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. His books and essays have been published by Pen & Sword, Winged Hussar and Libreria Editrice Goriziana and he also contributes to a variety of specialist military-history journals. He has written various titles for Osprey including MAA 499 Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864–70 and MAA 536 Renaissance Armies in Italy 1450–1550.Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

• INTRODUCTIONFrench expansionism, 1667–88The ‘Glorious Revolution’: Britain, 1688–91Chronology of the ‘Glorious Revolution’CHRONOLOGY OF THE EUROPEAN WARARMIES IN BRITAINThe English army, 1685Expansion, 1686–88The Scots army, 1685–88The Irish army, 1685–88William of Orange’s invasion army, 1688–90: Dutch & Anglo-Scots unitsDanish auxiliary corpsExile unitsWilliam III’s British armies, 1689–98The Jacobite army, 1688–91French expeditionary corpsTHE FRENCH ARMYTHE SPANISH ARMYTHE IMPERIAL ARMYTHE DUTCH ARMYTHE SAVOYARD ARMYSELECT BIBLIOGRAPYPLATE COMMENTARIESINDEX