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This book reproduces hand-coloured illustrations of Spanish military uniforms taken from a rare version (c. 1800) of the Spanish Army’s ‘order of battle’ or estados militares. Each drawing is captioned with full descriptions of regiments and uniform style.

Defeat of the British occupying forces by the rebellious Boers at the Battle of Majuba Hill was seen as a military disaster by the British public, the ‘uncivilized’ tactics of the Boers condemned as savage and despicable. This account of Majuba Hill begins with a detailed history of the annexation of Transvaal by the British in 1877, assesses preceding battles and skirmishes, including Bronkhorstspruit and Laing’s Nek, and features battlefield maps, photographs and illustrations.

The Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army made spectacular gains across thousands of miles of territory from 1943 to 1945, ultimately playing a key role in the fall of Berlin. Compiled from Red Army operational documents and the accounts of veterans, and translated from the original Russian, this second volume of the comprehensive history of the unit covers the period from July 1944 to the assault on Berlin in 1945 and contains contemporary photographs, maps and detailed statistics.

In the Case Blue operation, the German Army turned its attention on the Eastern Front from Moscow to southern Russia, quickly advancing to within striking distance of Stalingrad. This study, compiled using previously classified Soviet and German documents and translated from the original Russian, analyses the Russian response to the offensive, focusing on the role of Soviet General Liziukov, who led effective counter attacks with the 2nd Tank Corps but then mysteriously went missing.

William Hay's military career in the 52nd Light Infantry and the 12th Light Dragoons took him from Iberia to Waterloo under Wellington and thereafter as a staff officer to North America. This memoir, written as private reminiscences for his family in the 1840s, is a frank account of the life of a young officer in the Peninsular War and a cavalry commander at Waterloo, and is illustrated with contemporary paintings and maps of key engagements.

Anthony Farrar-Hockley (1924–2006) began his army career during the Second World War, serving with paratroopers in North Africa, Italy, France and Greece. After 1945, he was with 6th Airborne Division in Palestine and, from 1950, with the Glosters in Korea, where he taken prisoner by the Chinese; then on to Cyprus, Suez, Jordan, the Persian Gulf, and Borneo. A vivid portrait of ‘TFH’, this book also traces the British military’s transformation from conscription army to a voluntary, professional force.

Illustrated with photographs of the Bicorne range of metal miniatures, this wargamer's guide provides an introduction to the battles, troops and weapons of the English Civil War and a set of fast play rules to suit both novice and experienced gamers.

The Grey's Scouts, Rhodesia's mounted infantry regiment, had its origins in a unit of horsemen known as the Bulawayo Field Force, mustered from settlers by Englishman George Grey in response to the Matabele people's revolt against British rule in 1896. This history traces its actions and evolution in the Rhodesian Army through the Animal Transport Unit, the Mounted Infantry Unit and the Grey's Scouts in 1976 to its dissolution when the new independent Zimbabwe was established in 1980.