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The Siege in Peking
William A. P. Martin
Inside the Legations During the Boxer Uprising by One of the Besieiged
Experiences of battle and hardship in early 20th century China The siege of the foreign legations in Peking in 1900 is a familiar moment in history principally because it joined in common adversity..
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The Relief of Mafeking
Filson Young
The Boer War as Seen by a Special Correspondent
The Boer War from an able writers pen Although the title of this book reflects some of its subject matter, in fact, the relief of Mafeking is the objective—the concluding triumph—towards which many..
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The Memsahib and the Mutiny
R. M. Coopland
An English Lady's Ordeals in Gwalior and Agra During the Indian Mutiny 1857
Nightmare experiences in a land torn apart by violence, mutiny, betrayal and war The British travelled to live in India throughout the years of the Empire. It was always an adventure, a journey to ..
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The Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp
The Experiences of a Soldier in the Kaffir, Mahratta, Ghurka and Pindari Wars of the Early Nineteenth Century
The entertaining memoirs of a British soldier of the empire As the eighteenth century turned to the nineteenth the rise of Napoleon and the First Empire of France engaged British military prowess o..
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Scraps from My Sabretasche
L E Warner & George Carter Stent
The Experiences of a Trooper of the 14th Light Dragoons in India & During the Indian Mutiny
A British light cavalry trooper during the Indian Mutiny During the early period of the Victorian era the cavalry regiment to which the author of this book belonged—H. M 14th (King’s) Light Dragoon..
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Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny 1857-59
William Forbes-Mitchell
A Soldier of the Sutherland Highlanders at the Relief, Siege and Capture of Lucknow & Campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude
A Scottish sergeant tells his story of the Indian Mutiny Those interested in military history need no special prompting to appreciate memoirs of military life told by ordinary soldiers who have bee..
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Gowing of the Royal Fusiliers
T. Gowing
The Experiences of a Fusilier on Campaign During the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the Umballah Campaign 1853-72
A classic account of the Fusiliers on Campaign by a soldier author There was a time when Timothy Gowing’s book about his campaigns with the 7th—The Royal Fusiliers—made him one of the most well kno..
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Eight Months’ Campaign Against the Bengal Sepoy Army
George Bourchier
The Indian Mutiny Experiences of an Officer of the Bengal Horse Artillery
: A horse gunner's Mutiny experiences Bourchier's is a well known and highly regarded eyewitness account of the Indian Mutiny as experienced and reported by an officer of that most famous of Indian..
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Besieged by the Boers
Evelyn Oliver Ashe
The Diary of a Doctor Within Kimberley During the Second Boer War, 1899
Under the Boer guns in Kimberley At the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899, the two Boer states, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic, moved swiftly to attack the heart of Ceci..
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A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars
Henry Hallam Parr
The Experiences of an Officer of the Somerset Light Infantry in South Africa, 1877-79
A soldiers view of war against Kafirs and Zulus The author of this book was a young officer of the Somerset Light Infantry despatched to South Africa in the mid-Victorian period as part of the Quee..
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A Cape Mounted Rifleman
An Ex C. M. R.
Four Years’ Service in South Africa During the Kaffir Wars, 1877-1881
Troopers in green on the veldt After a period of service in West Africa, the author of this interesting book, finding himself at a loose end, decided to enlist as a policeman in South Africa. Much ..
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With the Camel Corps Up the Nile
Edward Gleichen
The ‘Gordon Relief Expedition’ Against the Mahdists, Sudan, 1885
'The sand of the desert is sodden red The Gatling's jammed and the colonel dead' This is a fascinating memoir of the early career of a prominent British soldier of the late 19th and early 20th cen..
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The Zouave Officer
Jean Joseph Gustave Cler
Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves—the 2nd Zouaves of the Second Empire on Campaign in North Africa and the Crimean War
'Of the soldiers of the world—the Zouaves are the first and bravest' This is a rare and unusual account compiled principally from the writings of Cler, who became a General of the French Army and w..
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The Mounted Volunteer
William H. Richardson
A Diary of a Private of Missouri Mounted Volunteers on the Expedition to California, 1846
including A Sketch of the Life and Character of Col. Alexander W. Doniphan by D. C. Allen A horse soldier’s war Doniphan’s Expedition was an interesting sideshow of the American-Mexican War. Hi..
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Journal of a Cavalry Officer
W. W. W. Humbley
With the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers During the First Sikh War, 1845-1846
An unusual perspective on the downfall of the Punjab The 9th Lancers played a comparatively small part in the First Sikh War. Their real fame came during the Second Sikh War and during the Indian M..
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