MILITARY WORKS-continued. History of the Organisation, Equipment, and War Services of THE REGIMENT OF BENGAL ARTILLERY. Compiled from Published Official and other Records, and various private sources, by Major Francis W. Stubbs, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery. Vol. I. will contain WAR SERVICES. The Second Volume will be published separately, and will contain the HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE REGIMENT. In 2 vols. 8vo. With Maps and Plans. [Preparing. VICTORIES AND DEFEATS. An Attempt to explain the Causes which have led to them. An Officer's Manual. By Col. R. P. Anderson. Demy 8vo. 145. "The present book proves that he is a diligent student of military history, his illustrations ranging over a wide field, and including ancient and modern Indian and European warfare."-Standard. "A delightful military classic, and what The young is more, a most useful one. Translated by THE FRONTAL ATTACK OF INFANTRY. By Capt. Laymann, "An exceedingly useful kind of book. The design is not merely good, but well worked out in a style which makes the work a valuable acquisition to the military student's library. It recounts, in the first place, the opinions and tactical formations which regulated the German army during the early battles of the late war; explains how these were modified in the course of Price 2s. 6d. the campaign by the terrible and unanticipated effect of the fire; and how, accordingly, troops should be trained to attack in future wars." - Naval and Military Gazette. "This work has met with special attention in our army."-Militarin Wochenblatt. ELEMENTARY MILITARY GEOGRAPHY, RECONNOITRING, AND SKETCHING. Compiled for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of all Arms. By Lieut. C. E. H. Vincent, Royal Welsh Fusileers. Small crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. "An admirable little manual, full of facts and teachings."-United Service Gazette. "This manual takes into view the necessity of every soldier knowing how to read a military map, in order to know to what points in an enemy's country to direct his attention; and provides for this necessity by giving, in terse and sensible language, definitions of varieties of ground and the advantages they present in warfare, together with a number of useful hints in military sketching."-Naval and Militery Gazette. THREE WORKS BY LIEUT.-COL. THE HON. A. ANSON, V.C., M.P. ARMY RESERVES AND MILITIA THE ABOLITION OF PURCHASE AND Crown 8vo. Price Sixpence 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. MILITARY WORKS-continued. STUDIES IN THE NEW INFANTRY TACTICS. Parts I. & II. Translated from the German by Col. modern arms, is exhaustively and admirably treated; indeed, we cannot but consider it to be decidedly superior_to_any work which has hitherto appeared in English upon this all-important subject."— Standard. THE WAR OF 1870-1. By TACTICAL DEDUCTIONS FROM "Major Boguslawski's tactical deduc- Demy 8vo. Uniform with British Service; and we cannot commence the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two books (The Operations of the German Armies' and 'Tactical Deductions') we have here criticised, in every military library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical school."United Service Gazette. THE ARMY OF THE NORTH-GERMAN CONFEDERATION. A Brief Description of its Organisation, of the different Branches of the Service and their Rôle' in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c. By a Prussian General. Translated from the German by Col. Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. 5s. "A good translation of an instructive and suggestive book."-Athenæum. "The work is quite essential to the full use of the other volumes of the 'German Military Series,' which Messrs. King are now producing in handsome uniform style. It has also the great recommendation of being of very moderate length, and, whilst stating everything with professional exactness, is singularly free from technicalities that might embarrass the general reader." -United Service Magazine. "Every page of the book deserves attentive study . . . . The information given on mobilisation, garrison troops, keeping up establishment during war, and on the employment of the different branches of the service, is of great value."-Standard. "The essay is well filled with information, easy to read, but requiring study for its digestion. It is a book which must be useful to the younger officers, and still more so to the older officers, who really have in their hands the management of the British army, and so large a part in moulding the institutions upon which it rests.' Spectator. THE OPERATIONS OF THE GERMAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, FROM SEDAN TO THE END OF THE WAR OF 1870-1. With Large Official Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff, by Major Wm. Blume. Translated by E. M. Jones, Major 20th Foot, late Professor of Military History, Sandhurst. Demy 8vo. Price 9s. "The book is of absolute necessity to the military student. The work is one of high merit."-United Service Gazette. "The work of translation has been well done. In notes, prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has been given."-Athenæum. "The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country's historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared."-Saturday Review. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. MILITARY WORKS-continued. THE OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTH ARMY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. By Count Hermann Von Wartensleben, Colonel in the Prussian General Staff. Translated by Colonel C. H. Von Wright. Demy 8vo, with Maps. Uniform with the above. Price 6s. HASTY INTRENCHMENTS. By Colonel A. Brialmont. Translated by Lieutenant Charles A. Empson, R.A. Demy 8vo. Nine Plates. Price 6s. "A valuable contribution to military literature."-Athenæum. "In seven short chapters it gives plain directions for forming shelter - trenches, with the best method of carrying the necessary tools, and it offers practical illustrations of the use of hasty intrenchments on the field of battle."-United Service Magazine. "It supplies that which our own text books give but imperfectly, viz., hints as to how a position can best be strengthened by means... of such extemporised in trenchments and batteries as can be thrown up by infantry in the space of four or five hours deserves to become a standard military work."-Standard. "Clearly and critically written."-Wellington Gazette. STUDIES IN LEADING TROOPS. By Colonel Von Verdy Du Vernois. An authorised and accurate Translation by Lieutenant H. J. T. Hildyard, 71st Foot. Parts I. and II. Demy 8vo. Price 75. **General BEAUCHAMP WALKER says of this work :-"I recommend the first two numbers of Colonel von Verdy's 'Studies' to the attentive perusal of my brother officers. They supply a want which I have often felt during my service in this country, namely, a minuter tactical detail of the minor operations of the war than any but the most observant and for tunately-placed staff-officer is in a position to give. 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THE ORIENTAL SPORTING MAGAZINE. A Reprint of the first 5 Volumes, in 2 Volumes, demy 8vo, price 285. "Lovers of sport will find ample amusement in the varied contents of these two volumes."-Allen's Indian Mail. we get so many exciting incidents in a similar amount of space... Well suited to the libraries of country gentlemen and all those who are interested in sporting matters."-Civil Service Gazette. "These volumes contain a good deal o amusing matter.-Sporting Gazette. "Full of interest for the sportsman and naturalist. Full of thrilling adventures of sportsmen who have attacked the fiercest and most gigantic specimens of the animal world in their native jungle. It is seldom THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA. A Hand-book of Practical Information for those proceeding to, or residing in, the East Indies, relating to Outfits, Routes, Time for Departure, Indian Climate, &c. By Edmund C. P. Hull. With a MEDICAL GUIDE FOR ANGLO-INDIANS. 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ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY OF FACTS AND FEATURES OF INDIAN EXCHANGE TABLES OF STERLING AND INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY, UPON A NEW AND EXTENDED SYSTEM, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from Is. 9d. to 25. 3d. per Rupee. By Donald Fraser, Accountant to the British Indian Steam Navigation Co., Limited. Royal 8vo. IOS. 6d. "The calculations must have entailed great labour on the author, but the work is one which we fancy must become a standard one in all business houses which have dealings with any country where the rupee and the English pound are standard coins of currency."-Inverness Courier. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. |