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  • Corunna 1809

    Sir John Moore’s Fighting Retreat

    Series Book 83 - Campaign
    A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Borodino 1812

    Napoleon’s great gamble

    Series Book 246 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia.The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia and France, Napoleon assembled a vast Grande Armée drawn from the many states within ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Corunna 1809

    Sir John Moore’s Fighting Retreat

    Series Book 83 - Campaign
    A fully illustrated and detailed account of the retreat to Corunna, one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars.Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Gallipoli 1915

    Frontal Assault on Turkey

    Series Book 8 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated description of the battles, hardships and eventual evacuation that these men had to go through, in this comprehensive guide to the Gallipoli landings.The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Gallipoli 1915

    Frontal Assault on Turkey

    Series Book 8 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated description of the battles, hardships and eventual evacuation that these men had to go through, in this comprehensive guide to the Gallipoli landings.The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Wellington's Rifles

    The British Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments, 1758?1815

    by Ray Cusick ...
    Until now there has not been a serious study of the rifle-armed regiments of the British Army that earned such renown in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns. Compiled by a former rifleman, Ray Cusick, who has written extensively on the subject, Wellington’s Rifles examines the new rifle regiments, how they came about, their development, and their actions.The author also investigates the ... Read more

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    Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the psychology of military incompetence and the reasons even the most well-oiled military machines inflict disaster upon themselves. Beginning in AD9 with the massacre of Varus and his legions in the Black Forest all the way up to present day conflict in Afghanistan it analyses why ... Read more

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    A Combat History of the First World War

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    Series Book 209 - Carleton Library Series
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  • Gallipoli

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