Britain’s insular position and maritime strength throughout the eighteenth century had kept her army a small, marginal institution for whose maintenance authority had to be annually sought from a suspicious Parliament and was sullenly granted. In peacetime it was occupied mainly in garrisoning overseas possessions, including the most troublesome of all, Ireland. For war new regiments were recruited ad hoc and disbanded when peace came.
Ingiltere ada olduğundan navy öncelikli. Barışta ordu disband ediliyor. Hem masraf hem de kral otoriter olmasın diye cromwell devrimi gibi