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This unusual and interesting memoir, as its foreword by the official historian of the Australian Flying Corps makes clear, aims to present Ôthe human sideÕ of one theatre of the Great War in the air: that of the Ôlast crusadeÕ to free Palestine from Ottoman Turkish rule. The author, L.W. Sutherland, was an officer in No. 1 Squadron of the AFC, piloting a succession of aircraft - SE5s, RE8s, DH6Õs, Nieuport Scouts and Bristol Fighters - through the desert skies. Sutherland&... more information

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The author begins his preface to the book with the observation that the general reader may very possibly ask the question, ÒWhat can we now be told on this subject with which we have not already been acquainted?Ó My answer is Ò an awful lot!Ó Kars is a Turkish town near the border with Russian Transcaucasia. Colonel Lake (1810-1881) was a cadet at Addiscombe, the East India CompanyÕs College for gunner and engineer officers, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieut in 1826 and... more information

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The author served in the The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), a Territorial Army regiment, the oldest regiment in the British Army and one which, in spite of its title, was composed of infantry and artillery. Lambert enlisted in the HAC in 1917 at the age of 34 and in September that same year joined the 2nd Battalion ( 22nd Brigade, 7th Division) at Quelmes, in Belgium. Almost as soon as he arrived the battalion went forward into the salient where the Third Ypres offensive had been in progress for two... more information

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A British officerÕs account of operations during the Russo-Turkish War of 1827-1829 which ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, freeing Greeks from Turkish domination and opening the Black Sea and the Dardanelles. The nature of this book is explained in the expanded title to the effect that the authorÕs travels include sketches (in the written sense) of the Imperial [Russian] Fleet and Army, personal adventures, and characteristic anecdotes - a cross between a travelogue and a report of a mili... more information

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An interesting and unusual rankerÕs eye view of Victorian colonial military life. The author, an Aberdeen policeman, served as a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of CornwallÕs Light Infantry. HIs reminiscences cover garrison duty in Gibraltar and the Egyptian campaign of 1882. Sergeant Philip was present at the two battles of Kassassin and also fought at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. At Kassassin his head was ÔcreasedÕ by a bullet, and he attributes his life to his chin... more information

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SUB TITLED Being an Abstract of Military and Political Operations, 1824-25-26, and 1852-53, with Various Local, Statistical , and Commercial Information, and a Summary of Events from 1826 to 1879The author summarises the First Burmese War in some 80pp and then gives a long account of the Second, in which he served, drawing for this on his other books of personal experiences in the war. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1880). SB.xx+487pp., 1 large map in colour ... more information

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n 1881 the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot was linked to the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot thus forming the 1st and 2nd Battalions of a new regiment - the Royal Irish Rifles. In 1921 the designation was changed to the Royal Ulster Rifles. This regimental history extends over a period of 120 years, beginning with the raising of the 83rd and 86th in 1793 and ending in 1912. The author has done a thorough job with this book, so I was more than a bit surprised to read in the Foreword by ... more information

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A classic war memoir by one of the great guerrilla leaders of military history. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck had just been appointed military Commander of German East Africa (todayÕs Tanzania) when the Great War began. With a small staff of dedicated officers, and his devoted native African troops - the famous Askaris - the resourceful Prussian general fought a brilliant defensive campaign throughout the entire war. His tiny army tied down thousands of British, Indian and South African troops sent to tr... more information

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This is a very important book which should interest all who wish to know more about one of the most devastating weapons of 20th century warfare: the machine gun. Although mainly concerned with the role of the weapon during the Great War, Lt. Col. Hutchinson devotes space to explaining how the machine gun evolved from ancient times. There are chapters, too, on the Gatling Gun, the prototype machine gun much favoured in 19th century colonial wars, and on Hiram Maxim, the cheerfully amoral inventor who can... more information

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The 9th Jats were an Indian Army regiment first raised by the East India Company in 1803 as the 22nd Bengal Regiment of Native Infantry. The unit was immediately plunged into the Mahratta wars, before embarking on the first Afghan War, the Sikh Wars and the Burma wars. During the Indian Mutiny, the regiment remained relatively inactive, although their British officers took part in the mutinyÕs suppression. Between the mutiny and the Great War the unit was involved in fresh fighting in Burma, Ass... more information

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2005 N&M Press reprint (of original 1908 pub). SB. x + 340pp with 8 maps & sketches. ... more information

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This is the story of the catastrophe which befell the British and Indian troops and civilians in Kabul in 1842, and during the retreat from the city in the Afghan Wars. The only survivor to reach Jellalabad was a Dr Brydon, the subject of a well-known painting. The only British battalion involved was the 44th Foot (later the Essex) together with a troop of horse artillery. The rest were from the Bengal Army, including the author, an officer of the Bengal Artillery serving on the staff. Eyre refers to &Og... more information

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Written by a junior participating officer, this is a vivid account of the everyday life of British officers and their Indian troops on a frontier expedition in India in the 1890s. In the authorÕs own words, rather than Ôexciting adventures of heroic deedsÕ his account speaks of ÔHow we lived and marched, what we ate and drank, our small jokes and trials, our marches through snow or rain, hot valleys or pleasant fieldsÕ. The Chitral expedition, led by Colonel Kelly, on wh... more information

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The author commanded a column of horse artillery and two 24-pounder howitzers in the Punjab during the first Afghan War when the North-West frontier was in a particulalry restless condition. He finds himself drawn into the war via Lahore, entering Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass and ends up in the capital, Kabul, accompanying the mission of Lieut-Col. Sir. C.M. Wade. 2004 N & M Press reprint (original 1844). SB.xvi + 410pp. 6 plates. ... more information

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The expanded title of this book, as printed on the title page, is ÒA Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign 1807-1814, Its Battles and Sieges, Abridged from the History of the War in the Peninsular by Lieut-General Sir W.F.P.Napier, KCB.Ó This says it all. William Napier was the brother of the militarily more famous General Sir Charles, who made his reputation in India and is probably best known for his conquest of the province of Scinde. William, who like his brother did well in the Peninsula... more information

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An account of the second defence of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny under Major-General Charles Windham in November 1857. Cawnpore is indelibly associated with the first siege and massacre there of hundreds of men, women and children by the mutineers under Nana Sahib in June 1857. This book deals with the cityÕs defence at a later stage in the mutiny, and the author is particularly concerned with defending WindhamÕs role in the fighting. With two maps and appendices. 2004 N&M Press rep... more information

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The New Zealand Field ArtilleryÕs experience in the Great War dates from December 1914 when its single brigade, consisting of three four-gun batteries, arrived in Egypt to train and prepare fpor the Gallipoli landings. The NZFA had the honour of being the first battery ashore at Gallipoli, on 26th April 1915. Later, greatly expanded, the NZFA went to the Western Front where it served at Armentieres, on the Somme and in the Ypres Salient, taking part in the fighting at Third Ypres (I Passchendaele). ... more information

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An invaluable account of the first of the 19th century ÔOpium WarsÕ between Britain and China for control of the debilitating and dangerous but highly profitable drugs trade. The author, an Indian Army officer of the Madras Engineers, witnessed many of the events he describes. The action moves from Hong Kong, to Canton, Shanghai and finally Nanking, where the outgunned Chinese are compelled to sign a treaty ending the conflict. The author is critical of the ÔignoranceÕ and Ô... more information

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The Mahratta Cobnfederacy was a loose alliance of Indian rulers, originally back by the French, who strenuously resisted the campaign by the East (India Company to bring India under British rule. It took a series of wars, battles and sieges in the opening years of the 19th century before the mahratta were eventually subdued. This book is the official account of the campaign and is distinguished by particularly fine maps and plans of soime of the warÕs principle actions. 2004 N&M Press reprint ... more information

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The London Scottish originated in 1859 at a meeting of the Scottish residents in London at the FreemasonsÕ Tavern, in which it was decided to form a Volunteer Rifle Corps, to be designated the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. A half company served with the Gordon Highlanders in S Africa and other volunteers in the City Imperial Volunteers. When the Territorial Force was created in 1908 the London Scottish became the 14th Battalion of the newly formed London Regiment, in the 4th London Brigade of th... more information

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