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The memoirs of Prince Eugene of Savoy...Marlborough's great friend and collaborator in the War of the Spanish Succession. I've read at least one biography but had never seen the memoir, which isn't surprising since the English version was published in 1811. I indulged myself and bought it. It's ...

They must be. In every army mounted troops were more expensive to maintain than infantry. Where the Revolution is concerned, we have to add the complications brought on by quasi-state control of the units...yes, it was the "Continental Army" but the regiments were still affiliated with the various ...

When the French arrived one of their units was Lauzun's Legion - a mounted unit equipped as Hussars. For lack of space they couldn't bring their horses so the entire unit - I think there were between 600 and 900 mounted men - was mounted here. It was billeted in Lebanon, Connecticut because there ...

An interesting article but I'm most impressed by the very small numbers involved. Whether Continental or Militia, mounted troops could have done little more than some scouting and carrying dispatches. There certainly couldn't have been an large mounted clashes. The British also had relatively few ...

We should also keep in mind that the Germans used an enormous amount of captured equipment, from small arms to tanks...their industrial capacity, while great, was never able to supply all their requirements while the US produced so much more than it could use that it could afford to aid both the ...

We should also keep in mind that Churchill was talking about civilian use of motor transport. Of all the belligerents in WWII only the U.S. and Britain were fully mechanized. The Germans used a huge number of horses although the Propaganda Ministry was careful not to show that very often...giving ...

I'm five or six years into the engine and nowhere near done - and I work on it most days so yes, a daunting task. I think it's interesting that they carried a machine shop with them! The mobile machine shops were a WWI development.

That 62 miles in 10-1/2 hours must have seemed like flying in 1919 ...

It's interesting that this wasn't even tried until after WWI. Of course, the US is huge compared to any of the European countries (except Russia) and our road system was poor. That was, in part, due to the railroad. Railroads were so successful in moving material that what road system had existed ...

This is just in (I unloaded the truck yesterday)

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It is amazingly comprehensive, covering everything from the earliest Federal Musket and sabers to the M1911 and M1 Garand. I've already used it a few times to ...

This is also very good, albeit not new.

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That's the book finder link. The book is "Diary of an ...

Or, you could buy a copy.

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I'm not certain where you are in the UK but at £40 I suspect it would be a ...

I knew it was a long shot, but I was hoping to find out what regiment my weapon was issue to. Serial 258 , with the original type scabbard and the tent pole pin still intact. I got it off ebay some years back, but could not get any details on its provenance from the seller. Likely an officer's ...

I just noticed this...
My late father was a life-long classical musician — for most of my youth he was first viola of the RI Philharmonic Orchestra. Needless to say, we grew up with classical music and I remember one of his favorite stories related to the fact that Sergei Prokofiev and Joseph Stalin ...

The books arrived yesterday. They will probably start shipping on Monday.

Sure... I'll give Kristin, in our office, a note to bring me your copy when its ready for shipment. They are expected some time in the next two weeks.

jp

Edit: All taken care of. We've attached a note to the order and she will bring me the book before it ships.

Knowing he is too modest to post this himself, I thought I'd share the announcement of Trooper's new book,

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To say this study is exhaustive is a gross understatement. About 99% of the material is taken from ...

These are from the photo booklet that accompanied the 1912 Report. If I remember correctly, only 4 copies were made and at least one of these was lost long ago. There are also individual copies of some of the photos on the loose, as the Springfield Armories' copy of the photo showing the carrying ...

Lady Butler... generally she was very good. Her husband was a Lt. General which helped give her access to things like Regimental Museums and the survivors of battles she painted although she was already a well-known military artist when she married. She was born in 1846 so she wasn't old enough to ...

I had a pre-War BMW motorcycle. I think the Model was R66 and oddly enough it came from India and had Lucas electrics. It was nicely made but not, to my mind wildly better than many of the pre-war British bikes. My Velocette certainly was as well made. I also had a 500CC, single cylinder War ...

That may well be correct. But, the problem with all historical cost comparisons is that they don't (or can't) take all sorts of peripheral factors into consideration. For instance... the use of oil today is not optional for most people. If my grandfather didn't want to buy expensive gas, he didn't ...