Table of Contents

• Introduction 1. Early Days 2. On the Defensive 3. The First Chatham Lines 4. Barracks and Billeting, 1756–1801 5. Reinforcing the Chatham Lines 6. Napoleonic Wars and the Threat of Invasion 7. The New Fortifications 8. Firepower and Sieges 9. Barracks and Brompton 10. After the Napoleonic Wars 11. The Crimean War and Reform 12. The School of Military Engineering 13. Reforming Soldiers’ Lives 14. New Fortifications and World War I 15. World War II to the present day 16. 21st-Century Royal Engineers and the Royal School of Military Engineering

About the Author

Peter Kendall is a team leader in English Heritage's national planning department, whose responsibilities include the heritage aspects of the Chatham Dockyards.

Reviews

'a compelling account of how the fortunes of engineering in the British army have changed over the centuries' E & T 'superbly illustrated' ... exceptionally well illustrated, reproducing numerous plants, diagrams and images, dominated by forts and other buildings, many from national collections. The book will be essential reading for students of the Victorian Army and the Victorian fortress. -- Professor Andrew Lambert British Journal for Military History, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2014