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This is an colour illustrated compendium of all shell in use by the German Army in early 1916. It was compiled from actual examples of the shells and from German pamphlets describing the use the shells were to be put to.Each shell, and there are many, is described in the text and (almost always) with a coloured scale drawing of the shell itself. The calibres range from the 3.7cm and its variations through to the 42cm heavy shell. It also includes gas and shrapnel shells and mortar projectiles.The introduction is a table of all shells used with a description of their basic colour, the German name for the shell, and an index reference within the book.Included in this reprint are the various amendments (23 in all) which were issued after publication of this basic manual, each amendment following the structure of the main book. Thus there are many more coloured illustrations.The description of the shells is extremely detailed, and includes a section on 'Employment' - where and when the German gunners would fire that particular shell, and there is a section on Remarks, which is very important.

An interesting and complete memorial Roll of Honour containing obituaries of the 22 MPs killed in the Great War, along with Peers, officers of the House of Commons and their sons. Includes Irish nationalists Thomas Kettle and Willy Redmond, and the sons of Prime Ministers Asquith, Balfour and Bonar Law. 124 obituaries in total. See the N&MP website for a specimen entry.

A history of one battalion's part in the 1944 Normandy campaign until the end of the Second World War. The 4th and 5th battalions of the Dorsetshires were both in the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division and fought its way from Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing. Illustrated with photographs, Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards complete this history.

The 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment was in Belfast on the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914 and was rushed to France, landing at Le Havre as part of the BEF on 14th August. It took part in the war's opening battles at Mons and Le Cateau, joined the great retreat to the Marne, and then advanced to the Aisne. By the turn of the year the battalion was in the Ypres salient, fighting at Messines and Hill 60. This regimental account of the Great War's opening months is well illustrated with maps. Roll of Officers, Honours and Awards, and summary of battle casualties complete this history.

A detailed history of a fairly typical service battalion. The 20th (Service) Wearside Battalion was raised in July 1915 in an initiative by the Mayor of Sunderland. The battalion moved to Wensleydale in Yorkshire in August, and then to Barnard Castle for intensive training. In January 1916 the battalion moved to Aldershot, where it came under the orders of the 123rd Brigade in the 41st Division. On the 5th May, the Battalion arrived in France, landing at Le Havre in time to join the Somme offensive in September. A year later the 20th fought at Third Ypres (Passchendaele). In October 1917 the battalion was transferred to the Italian front, returning to France in February 1918 just in time to plug the line when the German Spring offensives were unleashed in March. Finally, the battalion took part in the Allied counteroffensive which rolled the Germans back until the Armistice in November. This is an excellent Battalion history, the narrative is full of incident and individual names (Officers and some OR's) illustrated with photographs, maps, Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards complete this history.

Covering in good detail the activities of the Battalion from reformation after the evacuation of France till it was disbanded in August 1944. The 7th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment was a 2nd line Territorial Army unit formed on the outbreak of war in 1939. Originally part of the famous 51st (Highland) Infantry Division it served with them in France in 1940 stationed on the Maginot Line, thus escaping encirclement, and Dunkirk. But the reprieve was only temporary. The Battalion suffered heavy casualties when the 51st Division was surrounded and forced to surrender on 12th June. Just 31 members of the Battalion managed to escape to Britain. The battalion was re-formed in 1941 and transferred to the 176th Infantry Brigade, part of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division. It took part in the Normandy campaign after D-Day. On 7/8th August the battalion's Captain David Jamieson of D Company was awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic leadership in beating off enemy night attacks. Due to an acute shortage of infantrymen, the battalion was disbanded in late August and its men replaced losses in other British divisions of the 21st Army Group, who had suffered heavy losses in Normandy.

The 1st/4th Battalion of the Buckinghamshire Regiment was raised on the Great War's outbreak in August 1914 in Oxford as part of the South Midland `Brigade in the South Midland Division. On 30th March 1915 the battalion sailed for France, landing at Boulogne. The battalion fought at Hebuterne, the Somme, occupied territory after the German retirement in spring 1917; the third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) before being sent to Italy in November 1917. Well illustrated with photographs, maps. Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards, and rolls of officers complete this exceptional battalion history.

This is a careful and detailed history of 2 CMR from the time of its formation until his return home for disbandment in 1919. It arrived in England in September 1915 and moved to the Western Front where it fought in all the great Canadian battles in the infantry role. The book has good accounts of Mont Sorrel, Maple Copse, Loos, Passchendale, Arras, Canal du Nord, etc. The narrative is based upon the diary kept throughout that period by Chalmers Johnston, with later checking of facts and figures by three editors. There are not many references to individuals officers ad men, but the book gives a detailed picture of movements and actions.

This monumental work is divided into four main parts: Part one deals with the history of the Highlands, the Character of the Highlander, his arms, grab, music, loyalty, clan system and the effects of the Disarming Act. The Second Part records the state of the Highlands and its people in the nineteenth century including such objects as crofting, emigration and illicit distilling. Part Three, , by far the largest part of the book, is devoted to military annals of the Highlands regiments, relating the exploits of the regiments at home and abroad from their foundations to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Part four consists of some hundred pages of appendices covering such diverse subjects as education, second sight, armour, returns of killed and wounded in various campaigns, lists of officers, wedding customs and wildlife.

This monumental work is divided into four main parts: Part one deals with the history of the Highlands, the Character of the Highlander, his arms, grab, music, loyalty, clan system and the effects of the Disarming Act. The Second Part records the state of the Highlands and its people in the nineteenth century including such objects as crofting, emigration and illicit distilling. Part Three, , by far the largest part of the book, is devoted to military annals of the Highlands regiments, relating the exploits of the regiments at home and abroad from their foundations to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Part four consists of some hundred pages of appendices covering such diverse subjects as education, second sight, armour, returns of killed and wounded in various campaigns, lists of officers, wedding customs and wildlife.

The 78 Division - known from its divisional emblem as 'the Battleaxe Division' - was formed in Scotland in 1942 with the aim of landing in North Africa later that year. Within six months, the disparate elements had been welded together and were on their way to take part in 'Operation Torch' - the Anglo-American landings in Algeria. From there, the division fought its way east into the hotly defended defiles and deserts of Tunisia - where their formidable opponents were the battle-hardened Afrika Korps. The division held the line against German counter attacks through the long and bitter winter of 1942/43 before liberating Tunis and preparing for landfall on the European mainland by way of Sicily. The hard-fought slogging match of the Italian campaign followed, with the 78th taking part in the battle of Cassino, the liberation of Rome and the final push through the mountains of north-east Italy into Austria. Based on divisional war diaries, this is an exceptional history of a gruelling series of campaigns fought by a unit that learned on the job.

For aficionados of the British Empire, this volume presents a feast of nostalgia and a detailed account in words and pictures of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, a unit which in five incarnations from 1854, was the lynchpin of the port colony's defences. The First and Second Volunteer Corps (1854-1887) were Rifle Corps; the Third (1888-1900) Artillery; while the Fourth (1900-1921)expanded to include Eurasian and Chinese volunteers, Engineers and a Machine Gun unit equipped with Maxim guns. The account of the Fifth Corps (1922-37) poignantly concludes with the original publication of this Official History just five years before Singapore fell to the Japanese - an event that was not only the most humiliating British defeat of the Second World War, but also marked the end of Empire in the Far East - of which this book is such an evocative memorial.This is the only published history of the SVC. It contains much useful information also regarding the Volunteers of the Federated Malay Stated and the Straits Settlements. Index Honours and Awards and a list of casualties for the Singapore Mutiny complete this history.

Published in 1915, in the midst of the Great War to mark the centenary of the Waterloo campaign, this is a very valuable French view of the great battle written in the French language. Historian Victor Sandler judges the book to be a "Profound study of the campaign with an excellent analysis of the literature."

The great historian Sir Charles Oman was commissioned by the Great Western Railway to write a study of castles in the regions served by their lines. The result of this collaboration, published in 1926 was this wonderfully handsome and incredibly informative book, mixing history and military architecture, and telling us all we need to know about the castles themselves and the families who lived in them.Oman covers the castles of the Thames Valley, the West Country, the West Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales itself, some eighty in all, both intact and ruined. He explains the origins of castles, their purpose, use and roles in history. The jewel in the crown is Windsor, the great fortress dominating the western approaches to London, and long the principal residence and last resting place of Britain’s Royal family outside the capital. Warwick and Kenilworth are the main castles in the Midlands, the one a magnificent fortress overlooking the river Avon, the other the scene of spectacular shows staged for Queen Elizabeth I  by her favourite Robert Dudley. Two of the great ring of castles built by Edward I to subdue North Wales -  Harlech, and  Criccieth - both feature prominently; as do castles which have played a prominent part in English history, like Berkeley, scene of the gruesome murder of Edward II; and the coastal fortresses of Cornwall - including St Michael’s Mount - built to repel the invading French. Oman personally visited all but six of the castles he writes of, accompanied by his son, responsible for taking most of the photographs in this book. Apart from Oman’s learned but accessible prose, one of the book’s glories is its lavish illustrations. There are 105 in all, including 67 beautiful; five castle plans; two colour plates and two maps. It is a book that all lovers of English and Welsh history should own.

Illustrated with delicately clear line drawings, and first published on the eve of the American Civil War (this revised edition 1872 ) this Edged Weapon Manual tells the aspiring swordsman - mounted or fighting on foot - all he needs to know to defeat, wound and/or kill his opponent by the sword. A must for the American Civil War, and Indian Wars Reenactor.

The biggest and bloodiest battle of the English Civil War, Marston Moor was a major Parliamentary victory which saw an Anglo-Scottish army under Cromwell and Fairfax overwhelm a Royalist force under Prince Rupert and the Marquess of Newcastle. The battle outside York lost the north for King Charles and marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War. This lecture, originally delivered at the battle site, gives a succinct portrait of one of the major engagements of English history.

Described by its author as ‘a useful little treatise’ this book, simply and clearly written, and intended for  study by ‘soldiers and subalterns’ is an exposition of the tactics to be used defending outposts. Opportunely published on the eve of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny – which both featured the tactics it expounds in sieges and storming fortifications, – this timely treatise is also beautifully illustrated with drawings and diagrams.

Published in 1937 and written by an Instructor to the US Marine Corps, this manual of close quarter combat shows students how to fight and kill with knife or bayonet; and how to use Jiu-Jitsu, Savate, and Boxing for those whose duties “may lead them into a ‘Tight Spot’”.

Published at the time of the Crimean War, this is a soildier friendly manual of rifle firing, written at a time when the new weapon was replacing the musket. Covering everything from the design of the weapons to making the cartridges and estimating ranges, and illustrated with drawings and diagrams, this is the perfect book for the ballistics enthusiast.

Published in 1941, this aggressively useful little book tells the old Home Guard soldier and the raw young recruit alike all they need to know on such subjects as “killing Nazis when they are moving”; and covers “many other tricks in the desperate art of modern war”.

Aimed at the new Home Guard early in World War Two, and the sort of situation they were likely to encounter defending their homes, this little book both advises on tactics, and posits ten situations the Home Guard were likely to face in the event of an enemy invasion.

Weapons for the Home Guard were unavailable in the early days, but when they did come on stream, this little guide told recruits how to familiarise themselves with and use the Vickers and Lewis machine guns; the antitank rifle; the ‘Tommy Gun’ (Thompson submachine gun); and the Browning automatic pistol.