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Condizione: New. SB .2021 N&MP Reprint of 1924 Original Edition, 48ppPublished Price £7.99 A survey, in chronological order, of all battles, actions, engagements etc. published by the Battles Nomenclature Committee in 1921, showing which formations took part, down to brigade level. An index of place names and one of formations makes it a simple matter to look up any engagement for details of participants; or any formation to discover which battles it fought in throughout the Great War. Extensive footnotes supplement the text, and there is a most useful table showing each division's period of service on the Western Front. A unique work of reference by an author whose later work, British Infantry Regiments 1914-1918, written when he was a Brigadier, is widely known. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by George Banta Company, Mensaha, Wisconsin, 1915. 241 pgs. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings and designs. First Edition/First Printing. Ex-library item with bookplate present to the front pastedown. Bound in decorated grey cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "This book is a guide by means of which the civilian may inform himself in a general way concerning military matters so that, should he ever be called upon to defend his country, he may better understand the general nature of things military and may thereby learn the soldier's trade all the sooner." "Dedicated to every red-blooded American who is willing to do a man's share in the defense of his country" EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…