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The author of this book joined the British South Africa Company immediately after it was formed in 1889, and from 1891 to 1893 was private secretary to Dr Jameson, in Rhodesia. He was, thus, brought into close contact with some of those who were to play a prominent part in the subject of this book. In his introduction he makes the point that any attempt to judge the behaviour of those who took part in the Jameson Raid must be unprofitable without an understanding of their psychology, what motivated them. T... more information

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Japanese armed forces entered the Second World War with the attack on Pearl Harbour in the Pacific Ocean on 7 December, 1941. Almost simultaneously Japanese land forces invaded the Malayan peninsula, sweeping southwards towards Singapore. Although the attacks were shrouded in initial secrecy, both American and British Intelligence had studied the Japanese forces, and this is one of the resulting publications. The pamphlet is a very rare item, and is reprinted because of both its rarity and importance.... more information

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2005 N&M Press reprint (of original 1913 pub). SB. viii + 340pp with 15 maps. ... 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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Written by its Corps commander, Major-General W.H. Mackinnon, and with a short foreword by its distinguished Colonel, Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, this record of the City Imperial Volunteers concentrates on the role played by its infantry section in South Africa. The unit was raised in the wake of ÔBlack WeekÕ - the disastrous series of defeats inflicted on the British by the Boers at Colenso, Magersfontein and Stormberg - which, as Mackinnon admits, left the nation Ôdepressed .. thou... more information

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Dubbed the soldierÕs wife par excellence by The Times, Florentia Sale was one of the most remarkable figures of the First Afghan War. The wife of Brigadier (Later Major-General Sir) Robert Sale, who was to die in the first Sikh War at Mudki in 1845, she had remained in Kabul with her daughter and son-in-law whilst her husband defended Jalalabad. She was forced to join the disastrous retreat from Kabul in January 1842, when she was twice wounded, and taken into captivity with a number of others by Ak... more information

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The author of this book was commander of ÔGÕ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in WellingtonÕs army, who jotted down notes on the events of the day each evening. It is an account of what he saw and felt from leaving Colchester for Belgium on 8 April 1815 to his final return to England at the end of January 1816. It is a remarkable and compelling account, especially of the three days which ended the career of Napoleon. MercerÕs troop was at Quatre Bras, where he got off a few rounds a... more information

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The classic, immensely detailed description of the many sieges of the long drawn-out war that was BritainÕs major land contribution to the defeat of Napoleon. Sir John Jones was an officer of the Royal Engineers with Wellington in Portugal and Spain and intimately connected with the operations he describes so exactly. Sir John originally wrote his work to draw attention to what he considered were BritainÕs inadequate 'siege establishmentsÕ and equipment which, he claimed, made some of... more information

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