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Catalogue Download Catalogue 168 pages of colour rich information with an introduction by writer Charles Singleton, this supplement for Pike & Shotte describes the history, armies, personalities and battles of the English Civil War. Included are detailed scenarios based on some of the most famous battles, complete with maps and orders of battle £22.50 SEASON OF BATTLE CARD FIELD OF BATTLE etc - One 54 card deck of wargames style battlefield maps. The FOB campaign System BUT USEFUL for ANY wargamer as a random Terrain Generator . £22.50 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SMOOTHBORE ARTILLERY (SMOOTHBORE ORDNANCE JOURNAL VOLUME 10) Summerfield, Dr S 143pp., 4to, fully illus., large format pbk 38 scale plans, 107 tables, 135 photos. of contemporary & surviving ordnance covers graphically & in detail every aspect of the vital smoothbore elements of ACW artillery. £20.00 AMERICAN REVOLUTION : THE FRENCH - COMMAND & COLOURS TRICORNE - COMPASS GAMES - - £82.50 Armies of the Medieval Italian Wars 1125-1325 - Ospery MAA 523- £10.99 ARMY OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, 1713-1772, PART I: INFANTRY FOR ORANGE AND THE STATES. THE - £17.50 BY FORCE OF ARMS - AUSTRIAN ARMY IN THE SEVEN YEARS WAR 2) Duffy Mint hardback £65.00 HANDBOOK OF THE BELGIAN ARMY 1914 Mint hbk facsimile of British General staff study £29.50 HUSSAR SERGEANT IN THE KING'S GERMAN LEGION: The Memoirs of Cavalry Sergeant Ebbecke, 2nd Hussar Regiment, King's German Legion 1803-15 - This short memoir of Sergeant Ludwig Ebbecke was published in German in 1851, but has never before been translated into English. He served at Stralsund, the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807, and was nearly shipwrecked on the passage back to Britain. He went to Walcheren in 1809 and served in the Peninsula from 1810 to 1812, including Barossa. In 1813 he was at Bergen op Zoom but arrived in Belgium too late for Waterloo. 70 £7.50 I SOLDATI DI NAPOLEONE - THE GRANDE ARMEE IN THE ARTWORK OF BOMBLED Bombled 80p 60+ full colour Napoleonic plates by the later C19th artist C L Blombled ENGLISH TEXT £19.50 JAPAN AND KOREA Armies of the Nineteenth Century: Asia Heath, Ian mint hbk. v well ill large format hardback Wargames Foundry publication £50.00 La Bataille de Mont Saint Jean, June 18, 1815 DELUXE SET - PRE ORDER DEAL CLASH OF ARMS GAMES - £124.95 La Bataille de Mont Saint Jean, June 18, 1815 EXPANSION SET - PRE ORDER DEAL CLASH OF ARMS GAMES - £39.95 LITTLE WARS: A GAME FOR BOYS FROM TWELVE YEARS OF AGE TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND FOR THAT MORE INTELLIGENT SORT OF GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS' GAMES AND BOOKS, WITH AN APPENDIX ON KRIEGSPIEL. WELLS, H G A VERY VERY SCARCE Original 1913 edition. Internally near fine but with a loose page. Boards a bit nibbled, spine faded, colour plate on cover worn £225.00 M113 Series Osprey - Vanguard - No. 34 near fine £16.00 ROYAL HUNGARIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR 11 Thomas N Osprey MAA 449 Hungarian uniforms £9.99 Schweizer Uniformen Uniformes suisses, 1700-1850: Die Uniformen der Truppen der eidgenössischen Orte und Zugewandten von 1700 bis 1798 und der kantonalen Milizen von 1803 bis 1850 Petitmermet & Rousselot Very large format, 600p. 160 full colour plates. German & French text. near Fine in slightly torn slipcase £195.00 Seventh Report of The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Parts I + II - 2 very large format hardbacks. 1050 pages. 1879 printing. Gren cloth ex-library but near fine condition. Reprints of many documents from the House of Lords covering 1647-48 and up until the restoration plus a lot of Scottish and Irish documents inc the Earl of Athole and the Marquis of Omonde dealing with events during the 1680s and to 1705. plus index and listing of manuscripts. 1 only £95.00 Sicilian Campaign - Information from German sources This is a Canadian compilation of German papers relating to the whole of the Sicilian Campaign. A very good source of information from 'the other side of the hill' and very valuable in any study of the various battles fought on the island before the invasion of Italy proper. ISBN: 9781847914774 £39.50 Suchet's MEMOIRS OF THE WAR IN SPAIN 2) 360p. covers the Peninsular war to the invasion of France up to the end 1814. Facsimile of 1829 English edition. PARTIZAN PRESS CLASSIC SERIES £27.50 Suchet's MEMOIRS OF THE WAR IN SPAIN 1) 360p. covers the Peninsular war to end of 1810. Facsimile of 1829 English edition. PARTIZAN PRESS CLASSIC SERIES £27.50 Tracts Relating to Military Proceedings in Lancashire During the Great Civil War: Commencing With the Removal, by Parliament, of James Lord Strange, ... and Terminating With His Execution at Bolton by George Ormerod Ormerod 350p. facsimile pbk reprint of thios classic accoumnt of the ECW in Lancashire area £18.99 Uniforms of Russian army of Peter I the Great: from the reign of peter I to Catherine I, peter II, Anna and Ivan VI. 1682-1741 Viskovatov 124p. v well ill , mostly in colour. £32.50 US Soldier vs Afrikakorps Soldier Tunisia 1943 - OSPREY COMBAT 38 SHIPPING NOW NOTE OSPREY PRICE INCREASE £12.99 'NAM - FW910 - BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES BATTLEFRONT NEW 'NAM RULES £25.00 "D-Day British" - FLAMES OF WAR - FW264 BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES - £10.00 - - £0.00 - bull £0.00 - - £0.00 .300 Vickers Machine Gun - Mechanism made easy The .300 Vickers Medium Machine Gun was chambered to fire the US .300 '06 rimless cartridge and was made in the United States. It was issued to the British Home Guard as .303 Vickers were in short supply at the beginning of the war. This is a handy reference manual which also makes comparison between the two guns possible. ISBN: 9781847914927 £6.00 .303 HOTCHKISS MACHINE GUN British Staff Mint paperback reprint of a 1939 publication. 32pp. This is a reprint of the official pamphlet on the Hotchkiss machinegun recalibered to .303-inch for british service. It describes the gun itself, stripping, cleaning and assembly and use in the field. The pamphlet is illustrated with some superb line drawings and plates of the weapon and actions on the gun. This is a rare find, and MLRS is glad to be able to reprint it. £6.00 .303 LEWIS GUN unknown Mint paperback reprint. 84pp. The American invented Lewis gun saw service in the British Army in both World Wars in calibre 0.303inch. The two manuals (the official British Army pamphlet and a privately published booklet) in this reprint give details of the gun and its stripping, assembly, handling and tactical use. With ample illustrations, anyone can now understand the weapon. £9.00 1066 : SAXON VIKING AND NORMAN : Helion cut out figures OUT OF PRINT Dennis & Callan. £0.00 116. PANZER DIVISION's PANTHER BATTALION IN NORMANDY - Large format v well ill mint hardback £26.50 12th ARMY/ FUSAG: THE PROGRESS OF OPERATION OVERLORD 12th Army 80 maps showing the development of the D-Day invasion from 6 June 1944 for eighty days - until just after the closing of the Falaise Gap. Each map shows the locations of Allied and German forces (to divisional level) at either 1200 or 2400 on the day. Further there are intelligence summaries on each map showing German divisions expected in the area and those German divisions that are at less than full combat strength. An important set of maps which enable the user to follow the progress of the Allies in establishing the bridgehead and then making the breakout. £400.00 12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy By Richard Hone, Tim Saunders. Written with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies £21.50 14TH (KING'S) HUSSARS 1715-1900 Hamilton, Colonel Henry Blackburne Hardcover, publ. 1997. 632 pages. Illustrated. New. Very minor shelfwear to dust cover. £30.00 15mm CARD CUT OUT BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMING 1) WILD WEST - SALOON: BANK: LIVERY STABLES: SHERIFF's OPFFICE: CHURCH: UNDERTAKER's; BARBER's; STORE £7.50 15mm CARD CUT OUT BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMING 3) HOUGOUMONT Full colour £9.50 15mm CARD CUT OUT BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMING 4) LA BELLE ALLIANCE Full colour £6.95 15mm CARD CUT OUT BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMING 5) LA HAIE SAINTE £9.50 15th CENTURY PIES AND TARTS Peachey 36p. Recipes with original and modern methods £6.00 1636 : LAST BATTLE - 200p. GERMAN TEXT, v well ill. Examination of remains and artefacts found in a grave of 125 soldiers killed at Wittstock, The Swedish victory over an Imperialist army. The battle, weapons, the wounds, reconstructions, nice maps! £20.00 1641 DEPOSITIONS AND THE IRISH REBELLION Darcy 250. mint hbk. The rebellion studied through various eyewitness depositions. INc siege of Duncannon Fort £58.00 17-POUNDER ANTITANK GUN Mint paperback reprint of a War Office publication. 88pp. British experiences against German armour had proved that both the 2-pounder and the 6-pounder antitank guns were of limited value against the Mark II and IV tanks, and of no use at all against the Panther and Tiger. The 17-pounder was a 3-inch gun mounted on a modified 25-pounder carriage, and proved to be a resounding success. It had the calibre and the muzzle velocity to deliver a penetrating shell at a range far greater than any other similar Allied weapon. Originally a towed weapon, it was soon put into self-propelled, armoured mountings as the Sherman Firefly - at last the Allies had a weapon that was reliable against the Tiger.
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