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The Royal Engineers Journal. d,i U A Reminiscence of the First Afghan War . 529 BE. Co-operation with the Tank Brigade . Captain C. T. Edwards 582 ' . The Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary Commission, 1927-33 Captain A. W. Heap 547 Water Supply in a Desert Country . Captain R. E. Bagnal-Wild 564 The Federated Malay States Volunteer Force . M. .C. 579 The Johore Volunteer Engineers . Captain H. C. T. Faithfull 590 3 Artillery Surveys . ajor l. Hotne 694 0 "Ilex " in the Fastnet Race Captain L. R. E. Fayle 03 - IModern Bridging Equipment-Part II Captain E. V. Daldy 614 · The Galloway Power Works . Captain J. H. D. Bennett 621 The Question of Protection against Lightning as affected by Earth-Rays Colonel F. A. Ies 687 I High Road to India. Lieutenant H. P. Drayson 648 Pre-Cast (Post and Panel) Concrete Wals . Captain T. Grove-White 656 Professional Note. Memoir. Correspondence. Books. Magazines 660 VOL. XLIX. DECEMBER, 1935. 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