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The Peninsular War, fought in Spain and Portugal in the early years of the nineteenth century has long fascinated students of the Napoleonic Wars-particularly those who are keenly interested in the...

The battlefield of 17th Century Europe On land, the Thirty Years War was fought primarily in Germany. It was one of the most destructive conflicts Europe has experienced, as great areas were laid...

A guide to the conflicts for the Union This book has a curious pedigree. During the U.S. Grant administration, the Secretary of War instructed the Corps of Clerks to compile a thorough and complete...

Fighting at close quarters in the battlefields of the trenches This unique Leonaur volume brings together four interesting training manuals for infantry in close combat with the bayonet during the...

FAILED ACTOR TO SOLDIER & NINE YEARS SERVICE (FROM 1806-1815) A YOUNG SCOT'S EXPERIENCES OF WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA, SPAIN & FINALLY AT WATERLOO - Originally written anonymously this is the first-hand...

An American journalist with the German Army Until the United States of America came into the First World War on the side of the Allies in 1917, it was a neutral nation considered, in theory at...

Author: Belle Boyd HardingePublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: January 09, 2020Number of Pages: 188 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1782828672ISBN-13: 9781782828679

Besieged in Lucknow - The full account of a famous siege from a man at the heart of every event. For those who have read anything of the Residency at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny the name Gubbins...

The Secret War between the States This is a remarkable story of a young Secret Service officer-only twenty years old when he entered into the service-who served throughout the American Civil War not...

A well observed account of the opening campaigns of the Great War in Europe There have been many books about warfare written by those who experienced war at first-hand. Until the middle years of the...

The men and events that turned the map 'red' for the Queen Empress This is an excellent and readable account of the British and Imperial Armies at war during the great years of Empire. Accessible and...

The first steps on the road to greatness This account of the Italian campaigns by the French in the late eighteenth century was written, interestingly, from the perspective of one who was viewing...

A classic account of life on the Western Frontier Mrs Custer-Libby-the love of George Armstrong Custer's life is in some regard no less famous than her husband. They were in the truest sense 'a...

A view of a nation divided The great war of politics, ideology and culture between the Northern and Southern American states was certainly, for its principal protagonists, one of opposed causes, but...

Two accounts of Indian warfare in 18th century AmericaBouquet's Campaigns by Cyrus CortThe History of Bouquet's Expeditions by William Smith The French and Indian War-the conflict between the British...

A hopeless mission in a hostile land This is an essential book for anyone interested in warfare in Afghanistan. The author, Henry Brooke was given a brigade to command in the field, but soon found...

From invasion to destruction-a British military disaster. Following over a century of the gradual assumption of sovereignty of the Indian Sub-Continent, the British Empire, in the form of the...

In 1878 Russia turned its attention to Asia and sent an uninvited mission to Afghanistan. Britain demanded the same privilege, were refused and the seeds of war were sown once more. Partial...

On His Majesty's Secret Service The Duke of Wellington famously said that the art of war was discovering what you don't know by what you do-guessing what was on the other side of the hill. The best...

Joined by blood and conviction This book contains two first hand accounts of the Second Boer War written by a brother and sister. Each had a strong sense of their Boer identity and saw the future of...

Fighting for Napoleon in Austria, Poland, Spain and the Alps Thomas Robert Bugeaud was the impoverished son of an aristocratic family which had narrowly escaped the guillotine of the Revolution...

BUGLER 'BILL' GREEN AND HIS OFFICER HARRY SMITH TELL THEIR STORIES OF FIGHTING AGAINST NAPOLEON'S ARMY IN SPAIN - The 95th, Wellington's famous green sharpshooter regiment was unusual in that it...

A war without pity on the South African veldt George Witton was a member of the Bushveldt Carbineers-a mounted, highly mobile unit trained to hunt down its Boer counterparts of the Commandos during...

A news correspondent's view of the great Civil War in America When the discontent that grew into Civil War was fomenting, the author of this book, Thomas Knox was covering the Gold Rushes of the...

War against the Russians from a British infantry officer When Peard undertook his recollections of his campaign in the Crimean War, he was motivated by the conviction that at that time there were no...

High adventure serving the 'Iron Duke' The task of the Field Train was to support the Artillery-to which it was associated and shared uniform-with the supply of the essential materials of that...

Captain Blaze: Life in Napoleon's Army Elz?ar Blaze recounts his life and experiences in Napoleon's army in a well-written, articulate and companionable style, that draws the reader in as though...

An authentic journal of a French soldier through many campaigns The young Charles Fran?ois rushed to fight for the cause of revolutionary France seeing action at Valmy. This was but the first of...

The complete campaigns and battles of a young guards officer during the Napoleonic Wars Captain Rees Howell Gronow, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, came to the attention of the British reading...

An indispensible eyewitness account of the destruction of Napoleon's Grand Army The author of this remarkable book was an officer of the French Napoleonic army at the time of the emperor's ultimate...