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"We have given the Gallic cockerel a vast heap of sand" said British Foreign secretary Lord Salisbury after Britain and France divided much of Africa between them. 'Let him scratch it how he will'...

This reference work was originally published by the French General Staff under the title Manual of the Chief of Platoon of Infantry. This is a manual of instruction for platoon commanders and NCOs...

Frenchman in KhakiAuthor: Maze Paul MazePublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Nov 16, 2004Number of Pages: 388 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1845741498ISBN-13: 9781845741495

This history covers the Bn's formation in Queensland in August 1914 and its subsequent services through to the end of the war. The Gallipoli fighting is described with verve and in good detail. The...

Sgt Gould worked on the Battalion HQ staff and was responsible for all personnel records and maintaining the War Diary. With this material available to him, he was uniquely placed to compile this...

Though gently mocked as TV's 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was a deadly serious bid to thwart an expected German invasion in the Second World War. This typical unit history of the 4th County of...

From Coruna to Sebastopol: The History of 'c' Battery, 'a' Brigade (Late 'c' Troop), Royal Horse Artillery:Author: F. a. WhinyatesPublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Jun 20, 2006Number...

From Coruna to Sebastopol: The History of Oco Battery, Oao Brigade (Late Oco Troop), Royal Horse Artillery:Author: F. a. WhinyatesPublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Oct 12, 2004Number...

From Korti to Khartum (1885 Nile Expedition)Author: Charles W. WilsonPublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Mar 25, 2004Number of Pages: 344 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

As a mixture of the tragic and the farcical, the 1904-5 voyage of an antiquated Russian fleet halfway around the world, only to be destroyed by Japan at the battle of Tsushima, is hard to beat in the...

From Midshipman to Field MarshalAuthor: Evelyn Wood V. C.Publisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Dec 10, 2001Number of Pages: 692 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Frederic Coleman, the author of what he calls this 'plain tale' of the opening weeks of the Great War, was a well-off American in the summer of 1914. Fired by enthusiasm for the 'righteous cause' of...

The 4th Battalion of the Dorset Regiment was originally a first line Territorial Army unit and on the outbreak of war in 1939, raised a 2nd Line duplicate, the 5th Battalion when the TA doubled in...

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan: Being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled by the North-West FronAuthor: H. C. WyllyPublisher: Naval & Military...

This account of the Operations in the Mohmand country and in the Khaiber during April and May 1908 has been compiled in the Division of the Chief of Staff by Lt R.Dane, 21st Cavalry, Frontier Force...

This is the first of a series of six volumes containing records of expeditions against frontier tribes on all the frontiers of India, and of operations embarked upon overseas by the Government of...

This is an official account of the operations undertaken by the Bazar Valley Field Force in February/March 1908, a punitive expedition against the Zakka Khel Afridis. This was the fourth occasion on...

This volume opens with a description of the Afridi tribe, tthe terrain in which they lived, their fighting qualities, character and customs, which included skill in stealing rifles (among other...

Baluchistan today lies in Pakistan with Afghanistan to the north, Iran to the west, India the east and the Arabian Sea on the south. The two main cities are Quetta up on the Afghan frontier, and...

This interesting volume gives an account of operations against various countries bordering India, in each case beginning with a description of the country and its people, an outline of its history,...

This volume is made up in four parts, one part each for the three Burmese Wars and a fourth part dealing with operations against the Chins, Kachins ans Shans.It begins with an overview of Burma, its...

This is the most ambitious of the series, covering a number of major campaigns overseas. It begins with a summary of the expeditians of 1801 in response to the Napoleonic threat but the maor studies...

The Abors were an Assam tribe inhabiting a tract of hill country on the north-east frontier of India, first visited by the English in 1826. Much of the area was terra incognita and problems arose...

Frontier CampaignAuthor: V. C. and P. C. The Viscount FincastlePublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Apr 07, 2005Number of Pages: 268 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The Frontier Force Rifles - largely composed of Sikh soldiers - was one of the most distinguished regiments of the old Indian Army. Originating in the Punjab Corps of Guides in the 1840s, the...

A sound and stirring history of the mounted forces recruited during the 'scramble for Africa' of the late 19th century to help guard Britain's huge imperial possessions in South Africa and Rhodesia...

GallantryAuthor: Arnold WilsonPublisher: Naval & Military PressPublication Date: Sep 14, 2001Number of Pages: 516 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1843420600ISBN-13: 9781843420606

Twenty nine appendices1. Lord Kitcheners's Instructions to Sir Ian Hamilton2. Order of Battle, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force3. Sir I. Hamilton's Order for Landing, 25th of April 19154...

Volume 1 in the official Great War history's account of the tragic Gallipoli campaign covers the early stages from its inception down to May 1915. Gallipoli was conceived - by Winston Churchill among...

Originally conceived as a bold and imaginative surprise stroke to get around the stalemate of the trenches and attack Germany through the back door of her Turkish ally, the Gallipoli campaign became...