Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
v. t. e. Impressment, colloquially " the press " or the " press gang ", is the forced conscription of men into a military force, especially a naval force, via intimidation and physical coercion, conducted by an organized group (hence "gang"). European navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means.
“A press gang crashed into the ‘McAlpin’s Suir Inn’ and a young fellow ran out the door, fled into a neighbour’s house, jumped through a window and landed in the lap of the house owner’s daughter. She started to scream and he gagged her and the house owner came in and said ‘it’s either the press gang or my daughter’. So, he ...
Why did press-ganging happen? Strangely, but perhaps not unexpectedly, it came down to money. Naval pay, which seemed attractive in 1653, had funnily lost much of its allure by 1797, when it was finally increased – 144 years of stagnant wages proved little incentive to enlist.
- Tim Weinberg
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of 43 episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993. Produced by Richmond Film & Television for Central , it screened on the ITV network in its regular weekday afternoon children's strand, CITV , [1] typically in a 4:45 pm slot (days varied over the course of the run).
- Comedy-Drama
Impressment was vigorously enforced during the naval wars of the 18th century by Acts passed in 1703, 1705, 1740 and 1779. The men pressed into service were usually sailors in the merchant fleets, but might just as often be ordinary apprentices and labourers.
Impressment, or “press gang” as it was more commonly known, was recruitment by force. It was a practice that directly affected the U.S. and was even one of the causes of the War of 1812. The...
8. Juni 2018 · History. Modern Europe. British and Irish History. press-gangs. views 1,696,780 updated Jun 08 2018. press-gangs. The British crown possessed an ancient right to seize for naval service ‘seamen, seafaring men and persons whose occupations or callings are to work upon vessels and boats upon rivers’.
