Long Arms:
- Long Land Pattern Musket
Wars:
- American Revolutionary War (1775-83)
- First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82)
- Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-84)
- Anglo-Mysore Wars 1-3 (1766-69, 1780-84, 1789-92)
- Australian Frontier Wars (1788-1930s)
British Army Training Manuals
of the Late 18th and 19th Century
Preface:
The cover page images shown on this site are hyperlinks which take you to a place where you can access each document in full.
Each Manual/ Regulation will also have included beside it both the general-issue long-arms used as well as relevant wars and campaigns that occured around the time it was written.
*Please note this is not a comprehensive index, manuals between 1804 and 1847 are difficult to find.
Infantry Manuals and Regulations:
1764 A Manual of Military Exercise and Commonly Practiced Manoevres
1792 The Manual and Platoon Exercises
Long Arms:
- Long Land Pattern Musket
Wars:
- War of the First Coalition (1793-97)
- War of the Second Coalition (1798-1801)
- Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99)
Long Arms:
- Long Land Pattern Musket
Wars:
- War of the First Coalition (1793-97)
- War of the Second Coalition (1798-1801)
- Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99)
1799 General Regulations and Orders for the Conduct of His Majesty's Forces in Great Britain
Long Arms:
- Short Land Pattern Musket
Wars:
- War of the Second Coalition (1798-1801)
Long Arms:
- Short Land Pattern Musket
Wars:
- War of the Second Coalition (1798-1801)
1804 The Manual and Platoon Exercises
Long Arms:
- Short Land Pattern Musket (until 1810)
- India Pattern Musket
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05)
- Peninsular War (1808-14)
- War of 1812 (1812-15)
- Anglo Nepalese War (1814-16)
- Hundred Days Campaign (1815)
Long Arms:
- Short Land Pattern Musket (until 1810)
- India Pattern Musket
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05)
- Peninsular War (1808-14)
- War of 1812 (1812-15)
- Anglo Nepalese War (1814-16)
- Hundred Days Campaign (1815)
1847 The Infantry Manual - Containing Directions for the Drill and Instruction of Recruits
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1842 Musket (until 1851)
- Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle (until 1853)
- Pattern 1953 Enfield Rifle-Musket
Wars:
- New Zealand Wars (1843-72)
- Crimean War (1854-56)
- Second Opium War (56-57)
- Indian Rebellion (1857)
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1842 Musket (until 1851)
- Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle (until 1853)
- Pattern 1953 Enfield Rifle-Musket
Wars:
- New Zealand Wars (1843-72)
- Crimean War (1854-56)
- Second Opium War (56-57)
- Indian Rebellion (1857)
1859 Regulations for Conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Army
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket
Wars:
- Pig War (1859)
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket
Wars:
- Pig War (1859)
1861 Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket (until 1867)
- Snider-Enfield Rifle
Wars:
- Anglo-Bhutanese War (1865)
- Abyssinian Expedition (1868)
Long Arms:
- Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket (until 1867)
- Snider-Enfield Rifle
Wars:
- Anglo-Bhutanese War (1865)
- Abyssinian Expedition (1868)
1870 Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry
Long Arms:
- Snider-Enfield Rifle (until 1871)
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- First Boer War (1880-81)
Long Arms:
- Snider-Enfield Rifle (until 1871)
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- First Boer War (1880-81)
1870 Regulations for Conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Army
Long Arms:
- Snider-Enfield Rifle (until 1871)
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- First Boer War (1880-81)
Long Arms:
- Snider-Enfield Rifle (until 1871)
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- First Boer War (1880-81)
1881 The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army
Long Arms:
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Mahdist War (1881-99)
- Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
- Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
Long Arms:
- Martini-Henry Rifle
Wars:
- Mahdist War (1881-99)
- Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
- Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
1889 The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army
Long Arms:
- Lee-Metford Rifle (1889-99)
Wars:
- Anglo-Egyptian Reconquest of the Sudan (1886-99)
- Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
Long Arms:
- Lee-Metford Rifle (1889-99)
Wars:
- Anglo-Egyptian Reconquest of the Sudan (1886-99)
- Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
1899 The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army
Long Arms:
- Lee-Enfield Rifle
Wars:
- Second Boer War (1899-1902)
- Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Long Arms:
- Lee-Enfield Rifle
Wars:
- Second Boer War (1899-1902)
- Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Other Manuals and Regulations:
The Rifles:
1835 The Manual and Platoon Exercises of Riflemen
1861 Drill and Rifle Instructions for the Corps of Rifle Volunteers
The Artillery:
1860 Manual of Artillery Exercises
1890 Manual of Field Range-Finding, for Officers and NCOs of Horse and Field Artillery
Miscellaneous
1886 The Soldier's Pocket-Book for Field Service
1898 Regulations for the Clothing of the Regular Army
1868 Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry
1890 Regulations for Army Medical Services
