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From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts
In 1864, the Prussian Navy, core element of what was to become the Imperial German Navy in future, acquired its first ironclad vessels from Great Britain and France. To that point, …
Journey Through the Wilderness
In the spring of 1870 an Anglo-Canadian military force embarked on a 1,200 mile journey, half of which would be through the wilderness, bound for the Red River Settlement, the …
Hungary 1848
The Hungarian War of Independence was one of the largest European conflicts of the 19th century, lasting a year, encompassing a dozen major battles and many smaller actions and …
The Fire of Venture Was in His Veins
The Shangani or Allan Wilson's Patrol was a minor incident in the British expansion in Africa. Much smaller in scale than the massacre of Isandlwana , the fate of the Patrol was a …
From the Atacama to the Andes
With the break up of the Spanish empire in South America, the continent split into nine independent states with often ill-defined boundaries. One of these was that between Bolivia …
British Military Panoramas
Originating in Britain in the 1780s, 360 panorama paintings were extremely popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and, after a revival, in the last quarter of the …
Victory Over Disease
This book presents fresh analyses of unpublished, published and significant primary source material relevant to the medical aspects on the Eastern campaign of 1854-1856 – commonly …
The Spanish Navy in the War of 1898
The Spanish American War of 1898 is a significant conflict. It marked a milestone in the development of the United States as a global power. It had long lasting effects for the …
The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 2
This work, the second in a four volume series, takes a fresh and in depth look at the events of the opening months of the Franco Prussian War between Napoleon's Imperial Army and …
Redcoats in the Classroom
This book tells the little known story of the Army’s regimental and garrison schools established in 1812 to provide schooling for soldiers’ children and subsequently for enlisted …
The Battle of Lissa, 1866
It has often been said that, so slow was the process of change in naval warfare, Sir Francis Drake would if he was transported to the quarterdeck of the Victory not feel out of …