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We have concentrated on Furniture and all Furnishings by creating a specialised department in co-operation with the finest Furnishing houses in the country thus offering a wide choice of prices and quality. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF-OR WRITE FOR PARTICULARS HAVE YOU READ? "HOW TO LIVE IN ENGLAND ON A PENSION." By "MIauser" (Oxford University Press). Price 3/6 (4/- post free) a most useful book for reference, and most entertainingly written. F.P. Baker &Co,Ltd. 2, UPPER JAMES ST. (,icci tocu ) GOLDEN SQUARE, W.1. Telephone: GERrard 6351 a .- ,, v THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. Authors alone are responsible for the statements made and the opinions expressed in their papers. CONTENTS. PAGE 1. CAMOUFLAGE IN NATURE AND IN WAR. A Lecture delivered at the S.M.E., Chatham, on October 2oth, 1938, by Dr. H. B. Cott, M.A., D.SC., F.R.P.S. (lf'ith Sketches and Photographs) ... ... ... ... 501 2. THE SIILITARY ENGINEER IN MODERN WARFARE. A Lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution, on March 9th, I938, by Major- General L. V. Bond, C.B. (1Vith Map) ... ... ..... 518 3. CONSTRUCTION OF R.C.C. BRIDGES IN THE FIELD. By Captain XV. F. Anderson, M.B.E., MI.C., R.E. (Tlith Sketches and Photographs) ... 530 4. FIELD SURVEY. By Captain S. G. Hudson, R.E. ... ... ... 535 5. COAST DEFENCES OF 75 YEARS AGO. By Colonel A. G. B. Buchanan ... 540 6. A DESERT SURVEY. By Captain D. W. Price, R.E, (llith Map and Photographs) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 543 7. THE FRENCII EMIGRANT ENGINEERS. By Major M. E. S. Laws, M..c., R .A . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 560 8. WORKS SERVICES AND ENGINEER TRAINING. By Colonel C. J. S. King, O.B.E. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 9. IDEAL FIELD COMPANY TRAINING OR TIIE RECONSTRUCTION OF EASTRIGGS DEPOT. By Major B. C. Davey, R.E. (TVith Photographs) ... ... 572 (lVith Sketches and 10. LYDD RANGES. By Lieut.-Colonel T. T. Behrens. 1 Photographs) ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 58 I . HISTORIES OF TIIE INFANTRY BATTALIONS, TERRITORIAL ARMY (Contilnued) 592 ^. 1*2. OVERLAND TO INDIA, 1938. By IieutenantA. C. Lewis, R.E. (Tlith Photo- graphs) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 602 13. PROFESSIONAL NOTE. Painting. (With Sketch) ...... ... ... 613 14. M EIEMOIRS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 616 Lieut.-General Sir William Terence Shone, K.C.B., D.s.O. (With Photograph) Major-General Sir Frederic Manley Glubb, K.C.M.G., C.., D.S.O. (llith Photograph) 15. CORRESPONDENCE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 Training of R.E. Officers. Captain H. J. Bourne, R.E'. Soil Stabilization at Lydd. Lieut.-Colonel T. T. Behrens. 16. BooKs ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 626 The 'Next War. (Edited by Captain Liddell Hart.) R.H.D. and I.S.O.P. Marlborough. (Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, P.C., C.H., 31.P.) Through the Fog of War. (Liddell Hart.) H.B.-W. To-morrow's \Var. (Stephen Possony.) C.\V.G. Lee, Grant and Sherman. (I.ieut.-Colonel A. H. Burne, D.s.o.) B.C.D. Der Kampfweagenkrieg. (General der Artillerie i R. I.udwig Ritter von Eimannsberger.) D.E.H. Heigl's Taschenbuch der Tanks. I'art III. (Captain G. P. von Zezschwitz.) A.S.H. Gibraltar under Moor, Spaniard and Briton. (Late Major-General E. R. Kenyon, c.B., C.M.G.) R.R.K. A.R.P. and High Explosive. (Major-General IH. L. Pritchard, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.) L.N.M. Geology for Engineers. (Brig.-General R. F. Sorsbie, C.B., c.s.I., C.I.E.) F.C.M. -w: V* CONTENTS. PAGE 36. BOOKS (continued) ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 626 Disrupted Strata. (M. H. Haddock, F.G.S., A.M.I.M.E.) H.B. Survey of India-Geodetic Report, 1937. H.L.C. Planning, 1938. (E. and O.E.) R.G.V.V. Automobile Electrical Maintenance. (A. W. Judge, A.R.C.SC., WH.SC., A.M.L.A.E.) W.G.F. Automobile Engine Overhaul. (A. W\. Judge.) H.L.MI. Automobile Brakes and Brake Testing. (Maurice Platt, IM.ENG., MI.I.A.E., I.S.A.E.) H.L.M. History of the Twelfth Engineers, U.S. Army. (Colonel J. A. Laird, D.S.O.) E.V.B. Les D6buts de L'Education Technique en France. (Frederick B. Artz.) J.HI.D. A Guide to the Old Testament. (Lieut.-Colonel E. N. Mozley, D.S.O.) F.C.AI. Germany and a Lightning War. (Fritz Sternberg.) B.C.D. 17. MAGAZINES ... ... ....... ... ... 647 Civil Engineering Mlagazines. Rassegna di Cztlira Militare. A.S.H. Revue du Genie Militaire. W.H.K. Revue Militaire Generale. W.H.K. Bulletin Beige des Sciences Mlilitaires. W.II.K. Revue lilitaire Suisse. \V.H.K. IAilitiarwissenschaftliche iMitteiltngen. A.S.H. WVehrtechnische lonatshefte. A.S.H. Vierteljahreshefte fiir Pioniere. A.S.H. The Indlan Forester. F.C.M. All communications for the Institution should be addressed to:- The Secretary, The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham. COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 27th February, 1923) Patron:--H.Ml. THi KING. Presidert. Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles W. Gwynn, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., p.s.c.t ............................. i 93 t'icePresidenlts. Maj.-Gen. D. S. Collins, C.B., D.s.o. (D.F.W....................................................1936 Alai.-Gen. G. H. Addison, c.B., c.M.G., D.S.O., M.A., MI.M.ECII.E ..............................1938 Elected.