Napier, Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. P.
12,40€
Peccavi' - the Latin for 'I have sinned' - was the punning one-word telegram with which General Sir Charles Napier announced to the world his 1843 capture of Scinde (or Sind). Napier, a much wounded 61-year-old veteran of the Peninsula War, was placed in charge of the turbulent province,…
Tench, Lieutenant-General Watkin
2,20€
A fantastic eye-witness account of the first four years of the Australian settlement that became modern day Sydney. Written by Lieutenant-General Watkin Tench, who served in the First Fleet.
Wilde, Major-General Sir A. T.
15,05€
…An attractive book, readable, a good general account. Apps: list of former COs idem other officers (for the period 1849–1930, some with biographical details). 3 photos, one map.
Hoffmann, Major-General Max
15,50€
…Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General charged with defending Germany’s East Prussian heartland at the outbreak of the Great War. Prittwitz was as inept as his name suggests, and when the Russians steamrollered west far faster…
Hoffmann, Major-General Max
15,50€
…Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General charged with defending Germany’s East Prussian heartland at the outbreak of the Great War. Prittwitz was as inept as his name suggests, and when the Russians steamrollered west far faster…
Staff, War Office General
4,00€
This book is a translation of articles written in German by the Austro-Hungarian School of Musketry and appearing in a military journal the previous year. What the War Office translators call 'useful instruction' as employed by a potential enemy power…
Mercer, General Cavalie
12,85€
Volume 1 of 2.
The author of this book was commander of 'G' Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in Wellington's 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…
Mercer, General Cavalie
18,60€
The author of this book was commander of 'G' Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in Wellington's 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…
Riddell, Brigadier-General E.
18,60€
Originally The Cambridgeshires were a line regiment, 30th Foot, raised in 1702. Following the Cardwell Reforms it became, in 1881, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. However, it continued to exist as a Volunteer regiment till 1908 when, with the…
Young, Brigadier-General H. A.
12,40€
To those who wonder how Britain’s East India Company managed to dominate the vast Indian sub-continent, this book provides at least part of the answer. Written by a former Indian Army officer, it describes the company’s military organisation in India,…
