A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER II
Accession of the Tudors 108
Results of the Loss of France; Calais 108
Dislocation of the old Military Organisation 109
Coat- and Conduct-Money; Yeomen of the Guard 110
The Tudor Colours 111
The Office of Ordnance 111
Military Efforts of Henry VIII. 112
War with France; Defects of the Army 112
Slow Improvement in Organisation 113
Foreign Mercenaries 114
The Northern Horsemen 114
Battle of Flodden 115
Continued Discouragement of Firearms 117
Scheme for Rearmament of Infantry Abandoned 119
The Artillery Company 119
The Great Review of 1539 119
The Breed of English Horses 121
Henry as an Artillerist 122
The Three Divisions of the English Forces 123
The Lords-Lieutenant 124
New Statute of Defence under Philip and Mary 125
Loss of Calais 126