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The end of an epoch-two accounts within one volume Narrative of Events by Sir Thomas UssherNapoleon's Last Voyage: Extract of a diary by Sir George Cockburn These are two remarkable accounts from the...

Desperate battle for the end of the line and the turn of the flankIn early July of 1863, the opposing armies of the Confederacy and the Union were inexorably drawn together for battle around the town...

'Shiloh' as Seen by a Private Soldierby Warren Olney The Battle of Shilohby Joseph W. Rich Shiloh from the ranks-Shiloh from the historian The first piece in his vital book is a description of battle...

Massacre in Illinois during the War of 1812 Fort Dearborn was a frontier outpost in Illinois Territory where the city of Chicago now stands. The early history of the United States of America was...

A Union soldier and Confederate lady at Vicksburg, 1863 This unique book offers two entirely different views of the important and pivotal siege of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. Grant, in...

Imperial horse soldiers at war When the First World War broke out in the summer of 1914, the eyes of the world turned towards the great events which were unfolding in Europe as the Imperial German...

The hunters and the hunted on the high seas of war This interesting book-containing two book length accounts-views the same conflict-the U-Boat War during the First World War in the North Atlantic,...

From soldier to wagon master to scalp hunter Chamberlain left Boston as a mere youth and joined the United States Army. He became a soldier in the 1st US Dragoons and determined to become the very...

The Great War by two soldiers who wore field grey English translations of first hand accounts by ordinary German soldiers of the First World War are comparatively scarce, so the two accounts in this...

An outstanding account of the campaign for the fall of Lucknow This curiously titled book-for it still bears its original appellation-suggests a light hearted view of the experience of warfare. In...

Vignettes from many engagements of the Victorian Royal Navy For many, the great age of sail, typified by Nelson and his Royal Navy was the finest hour of British sea power. In its struggle with...

Voyage Of The Liberdade: From Brazil Through The Caribbean To The United States Of America, 1888 - 9781782829898Author: Joshua SlocumPublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: May 19, 2021Number of...

In this, the second book published by Leonaur on the barely reported First Anglo-Burmese War, the author-a staff officer-who was an eyewitness to most of the major events, gives us an incisive...

A Union officer on campaign The author of this book served as Adjutant and Major in the 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and his primary objective in writing his account was to provide a...

A two volume masterpiece on ancient warfare Little needs to be said here about the fascinating era of the Roman Empire of the first century B. C., or about one of the most outstanding military...

A two volume masterpiece on ancient warfare Little needs to be said here about the fascinating era of the Roman Empire of the first century B. C., or about one of the most outstanding military...

Washington's campaigns in British service It is simple to view George Washington as the most famous and successful soldier of the American War of Independence or indeed as the first president of the...

The entire campaign from the pen of knowledge and experience There have been numerous histories of the Waterloo campaign since those memorable days in June,1815. Others had reported it before Gleig...

Eighteen accounts of the battles that ended the Napoleonic epoch The Battle of Waterloo is one of the most famous battles -if not the most famous battle-in history. Many books have been written about...

Wellington's contribution to the end of the Napoleonic Age Napoleon's bright star is fading and following his Russian defeat and further setbacks in Northern Europe his back is against the wall .The...

As Napoleon's French Army retreated, all hope that it could maintain a hold over the Iberian Peninsula began to fade. By September of 1813 the Allied Army commanded by the 'captain of the age'-the...

The final phase of the campaign in the Iberian Peninsula F. C. Beatson's famous trilogy on the genius of the Duke of Wellington as military commander as he led his 'old peninsular army' towards...

Author: Reginald George BurtonPublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: Aug 12, 2020Number of Pages: 204 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1782829717ISBN-13: 9781782829713

A true account of the British navy in the Napoleonic Wars This is a book which will delight the many enthusiastic readers of accounts both true and fictional of the Royal Navy in the great days of...

Brutal conflict in the lava beds Students of the history of the American West-and the wars of the United States government against the indigenous American Indian tribes in particular-will be...

The memoirs of a remarkable Westerner For those fascinated by the history of the American West the lives of its singular characters-particularly in autobiography-never cease to enthral. These...

Two first accounts by early aviators This special Leonaur 'good value' edition contains two accounts of the early days of powered flight. The first book, written just before the outbreak of the...

The story of the 'last man standing' There are many military memoirs from hundreds of conflicts stretching back over the thousands of years that man has been engaged in armed conflict. For those who...

A remarkable experience of little reported events The Second Empire of France was, by the early 1860's in good health. France had acquitted itself well in the Crimea and in the war against Austria...

Napoleon's Irish troops and their battles, recounted by one of their officers Napoleon Bonaparte recruited to his causes the fighting men of nations which had suffered at the hands of the enemies of...