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To Zululand with the R.E. - The Recollections of Two Officers of the Royal Engineers During the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879

To Zululand with the R.E. - The Recollections of Two Officers of the Royal Engineers During the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879

Sir Richard Harrison, Sir Bindon Blood & Whitworth Porter
Experiences and services of the Royal Engineers at war with the Zulus Most students of the Anglo-Zulu War are aware that principal personalities in its most dramatic events were officers of the&nbs..

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On Active Service with the Chinese Regiment: The British Weihaiwei Regiment During the Boxer Rebellion, 1900

On Active Service with the Chinese Regiment: The British Weihaiwei Regiment During the Boxer Rebellion, 1900

A. A. S. Barnes
A riveting account of a British Chinese regiment in action The Weihaiwei Regiment, or as it was also known, The 1st Chinese Regiment, was a British Army regiment formed in British Weihaiwei in 1898..

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Suakin, 1885: the Campaign against Osman Digna in the Sudan

Suakin, 1885: the Campaign against Osman Digna in the Sudan

E Gambier Parry, Norman Robert Stewart & Walter Temple Willcox
Suakin, 1885 by E Gambier Parry, Suakim, ’85 by Norman Robert Stewart The 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers during the Nile Expedition, 1884-85 by Walter Temple Willcox Accounts of side-shows of the War ..

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Never Surpassed: Ensign Leeke and the 52nd Light Infantry: the Peninsular War and Personal Experiences of the Waterloo Campaign, 1808-18

Never Surpassed: Ensign Leeke and the 52nd Light Infantry: the Peninsular War and Personal Experiences of the Waterloo Campaign, 1808-18

William Leeke, edited by John H. Lewis
A new single volume edition of the military writings of ‘Ensign’ Leeke of the 52nd Seventeen year old William Leeke marched to war for the first time in 1815 with the 52nd Light Infantry as a ‘gent..

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Sikhs, Russians & Sepoys: Recollections of Campaigning With the 31st Foot and Military Train Cavalry in the First Sikh War, Crimean War and Indian Mutiny

Sikhs, Russians & Sepoys: Recollections of Campaigning With the 31st Foot and Military Train Cavalry in the First Sikh War, Crimean War and Indian Mutiny

James P. Robertson
Three wars of the mid-19th century recounted by a fighting British soldier All those interested in the Anglo-Sikh Wars will be familiar with the services of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of F..

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The Lancers of Bhurtpore: a Diary and History of the 16th Lancers in India 1822-1834

The Lancers of Bhurtpore: a Diary and History of the 16th Lancers in India 1822-1834

Arthur C. Lowe and Others, Edited by John H. Lewis
The first campaign in which British Army cavalry fought with the lance Napoleon’s light cavalry taught its enemies, in harshly learned lessons, that the lance was a highly effective weapon of first..

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The Last Maori Wars: Two Accounts of the Conflicts in New Zealand During the 1860s—The Last Maori War in New Zealand with A Sketch of the New Zealand War

The Last Maori Wars: Two Accounts of the Conflicts in New Zealand During the 1860s—The Last Maori War in New Zealand with A Sketch of the New Zealand War

George S. Whitmore & Morgan S. Grace
A history and personal experience of the conflicts against the Maoris This special Leonaur edition brings together two smaller works on the Maori Wars for interest and good value. The first account..

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Evelyn Wood, V.C.: the Ashanti, Gaika & Zulu Wars—The Campaigns in Africa 1873-1880: My Zululand Experiences by Evelyn Wood & Ashanti to the Zulu War by Charles Williams

Evelyn Wood, V.C.: the Ashanti, Gaika & Zulu Wars—The Campaigns in Africa 1873-1880: My Zululand Experiences by Evelyn Wood & Ashanti to the Zulu War by Charles Williams

Evelyn Wood & Charles Williams
The African campaigns of a notable Victorian soldier ILLUSTRATED There can be few students of the British Empire of the 19th century who are unfamiliar with the career of Evelyn Wood. In a time ..

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Campaigning in Zuluand: Experiences on Campaign During the Zulu War of 1879 with H. M. 94th (North Worcestershire) Regiment

Campaigning in Zuluand: Experiences on Campaign During the Zulu War of 1879 with H. M. 94th (North Worcestershire) Regiment

W. E. Montague
Beyond Ulundi The defeat of the Zulu nation After the disastrous defeat of the British Army under Chelmsford at Isandhlwana the British Government quickly realised that the subjugation of the Zulus..

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The Schleswig-Holstein War Between Denmark and the German States

The Schleswig-Holstein War Between Denmark and the German States

Edward Dicey & Charles Lowe
The complete two volume set and an additional essay: The Redoubts of Düppel by Charles Lowe
Denmark, Prussia and Austria at war—2 volumes in one special edition Europe is familiar with wars which have ostensibly arisen from issues of succession among its monarchies. Most of these provided..

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The Jill Tars

Rachel Beatty
Seven Remarkable Accounts of Female Sailors Who Served and Fought Disguised as Men
Accounts of seven intrepid women sailors of the Age of Sail There are several notable instances and written accounts of women who have disguised themselves as men and joined the armies of their tim..

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The Desert March to Relieve Gordon: the Nile Expedition 1884-5

The Desert March to Relieve Gordon: the Nile Expedition 1884-5

Alex Macdonald & Bennet Burleigh
Too Late for Gordon and Khartoum: a Newspaper Correspondent’s Experiences of the Nile Expedition 1884-5 by Alex Macdonald & The Battles of Abu Klea & Abu Kru: a Correspondent’s Report of Fighting in the “Squares” by Bennet Burleigh
Two special correspondents during the war in the Sudan The profession of war correspondent has always been a perilous one. Fortunately for students of the military history of the early Victorian er..

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The First Ashanti War 1823-31

The First Ashanti War 1823-31

H. I. Ricketts & J. W. Fortescue
the Conflict Between the British Army and the Natives of West Africa—Narrative of the Ashantee War With a View of the Present State of the Colony of Sierra Leone by H. I. Ricketts & The First Ashanti Campaign by J. W. Fortescue
The British Empire’s open West African sore As the 19th century progressed the inexorable expansion of the British Empire gained momentum across the globe. Imperial ambitions invariably resulted in..

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Selous & the Bulawayo Field Force

Selous & the Bulawayo Field Force

Frederick Courteney Selous & D. Tyrie Laing
Tribal Conflict in East Africa 1895-1896—Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia by Frederick Courteney Selous & The Matabele Rebellion, 1896 by D. Tyrie Laing
The struggles for Africa There can be few more interesting and evocative periods of British imperial history than the struggles for south-eastern Africa. The empire had found itself colliding with ..

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Fighting the Mysore Tigers

Fighting the Mysore Tigers

Richard Bayly, George Elers & Richard Cannon
Two Personal Accounts by Officers of H. M. 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot in India During the Anglo-Mysore War—Diary of Colonel Richard Bayly 12th Regiment 1796-1830, Memoirs of George Elers & Historical Record of the Twelfth or East Suffolk Reg
Men of a British Army county regiment in the Napoleonic era This Leonaur Original contains first hand accounts by Richard Bayly and George Elers, officers serving in H. M 12th Regiment of Foot—then..

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