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Scottish
Military - Highland Regiments
Most of the
Highland Regiment accounts
are by William Melven, M.A., Glasgow but we have also included a book on the
Scottish Lowland regiments by another author as well as some additional
information from other sources. |
- Introduction
-
History of the
Scottish Regiments of the British Army
By Arch. K. Murray (1862) (pdf)
- Montgomery's Highlanders
- The Black Watch
- MacDonald's Highlanders
- The 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- Loudon's
Highlanders
- Northern
Ireland Establishment Scots
- Johnstone's
Highlanders
- Argyle Highlanders
- Aberdeenshire
Highland Regiment
- Royal
Highland Regiment
- 75th Regiment
- The Lowland
Scots Regiments
-
Fraser's Highlanders
-
Keiths's and Campbell's
Highlanders
- The Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders
- The 78th
Highlanders or Ross-Shire Buffs
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The
Gordon Highlanders
-
Eighty-Ninth
Highland Regiment
- The
Earl of Loudoun Regiment of Foote
- Lord
MacLeod's Highlanders
- Athole Highlanders
- Royal Highland
Emigrant Regiment
- 74th Highlanders
- The Final days of
the Old Scottish Regiments
- Soldiers of
Fortune
In Camp & Court by Alexander Innes Shand
- More
Adventures in Kilt and Khaki
Sketches of the Glasgow
Highlanders and others in France by Thomas M. Lyon (1917)
- The origin
and official history of the Thirteenth Battalion of infantry, and a
description of the work of the early militia of the Niagara Peninsula in
the War of 1812 and the Rebellion of 1837 by Lieutenant-Colonel E. A.
Cruickshank. (pdf)
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The forgotten Battles of
The Scheldt & Woensdrecht on "Black Friday" The 13th.
-
Tracing back the Lineage of the Black Watch (RHC)
To 1831
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A Minstrel in France
By Harry Lauder (1918)
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Battle of Vimy
Ridge
An article from Alastair's Canadian Experience.
-
Major-General Alexander MacKay
MacKenzie (pdf)
-
Major John MacDonald
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Territorial Soldiering
In the North-East of Scotland during 1759 to 1814 by John Malcolm
Bulloch, M.A. (1914) (pdf)
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The Wonder Book of
Soldiers
For Boys and Girls, Edited by Harry Golding
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General
Robert Melville of Strathkinness
A Biographical Sketch written by his secretary.
-
Sir Donald
Stewart and Sir William Lockhart
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Mackay's Regiment
An Account taken from the Transactions of the Gaelic Society
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Glengarry Fencibles
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Scots at War
Video series of Scots at War
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Rory Bremner
and the Fighting Scots
Video series on the Fighting Scots.
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The Story of
the Royal Scots
By Lawrence Weaver
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Records of the
Scottish Volunteer Force, 1859-1908
By Maj.-Gen. J. M. Grierson (1909) (pdf)
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Scotland for
Ever
A Gift-Book of the Scottish Regiments with a Preface by the Earl of
Rosebery, KG
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A History of the
Great War
By John Buchan in 4 volumes
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Journal of a Soldier
Of the Seventy-First Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, from 1806 to 1815
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The Scots Army 1661 - 1688
With memoris of the Commanders-In-Chief, compiled by Charles Dalton (1909) (pdf)
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The History of the Second Dragoons "Royal Scots Greys"
By Edward Almack (1908) (pdf)
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
Edited by Henry Curling (1848) (pdf)
-
Under Fourteen Flags
The Life and Adventures of Brigadier-General MacIver
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The Sub
Being the Autobiography of David Munro, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy (pdf)
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Memoirs of British Generals Distinguished During The Peninsular War
By John William Cole in 2 volumes (1856)
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The Surrender of
Napoleon
Bring the Narrative of the surrender of Buonparte and of his Redisence
on board H.M.S, Bellerophon, with a detail of the Prnciple events that
occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 5th of August 1815
by Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maintland, K.C.B. with a Memoir of
the Author. (pdf)
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Bibliography
-
War with
Iraq 2003
-
Books and Articles by Ian McCulloch
-
Sketches of The
Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland
with details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments by
Major-General David Stewart in 2 volumes (1825).
- Canada's
Black Watch 1951 - 1970
-
The 5th
regiment: Royal Scots of Canada Highlanders: a regimental history
(1904)
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The
13th Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada 1914 - 1919.
by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh. (1925)
-
History of the
72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
(1920) by Bernard McEvoy and Capt. A. H. Finlay, M.C.
- The Real Origins,
and History of the Begging of the Black Watch By Spaņiard
-
The Royal
Regiment of Scotland
Information on the regiment,
-
The Scottish Military Tradition
in Canada
By
George F.G. Stanley
-
General Sir Alan
Cameron K.C.B.
Colonel 79th Cameron Highlanders
- Brigadier MacKintosh of Borlum
From the Celtic Magazine (pdf)
-
General Sir Herbert MacPherson V.C.,
K.C.B., K.S.I.
-
Adventures of Donald MacLeod (pdf)
-
The
Scottish Soldiers of Fortune
Their adventures and achievements in the armies of Europe by James
Grant (1889)
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A Narrative of the Campaign of
the British Army in Spain
Commanded by his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir James Moore by James
Moore 4th Ed. (1809) (pdf)
-
Seaforth Highlanders
August 1914 to April 1916 (pdf)
-
The Argyllshire Highlanders
The First Highland Regiment.
-
Territorial Soldiering in
the North East of Scotland during 1759 - 1814
By John Malcolm Bulloch, M.A. (1914)
-
Tommy
MacPherson
- Roll of
Honour of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, 1914-1918
- The Life of
Lieut.-General Hugh MacKay
Commander in Chief of the Forces in Scotland 1689 and 1690 by John
MacKay of Rockfield (1836)
- Major-General Sir
Henry Havelock
An article from Tait's Edinburgh Magazine and a book about him
- Adventures of a Highland Soldier
On Active Service at Home and Abroad by Charles R Martin (Late sergeant
92nd Gordon Highlanders)
- Camp and Barrack Room
Or The British Army as it is by A Late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry (1846) (pdf)
- With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916-1917
By one of its Officers (pdf)
- The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor
K.C.B., C.S.I., C.I.E. Quartermaster-General in India, Edited by Lady MacGregor in two volumes
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The Story of the Highland Regiments
By Frederick Watson (1915) (pdf)
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Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S.
Lieutenant Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, or 92nd Regiment of Foot by Rev. Archibald Clerk, 2nd Edition (pdf)
- Regimental Stories
A Collection of videos about British Regiments
- Will Weatherhelm
A Story of a young man going to sea
- Scottish
Firearms
By Claude Blair (pdf)
-
Scottish Weaponry
External Link
- The Life of Major-General Wauchope,
C.B., C.M.G., LL.D
By Sir George Douglas, Bart. (1905)
- War Record of
4th Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
and Lothians and Border Horse
With History of the T.F. Associations of the Counties of Roxburgh,
Berwick and Selkirk edited by W. Soley Brown (Lieutenant, 4th Bn.
K.O.S.B.)
(1920) (pdf)
- The Fife and
Forfar Yeomanry
And 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R. H. 1914- 1919 By Major D. D. Ogilvie
(1921) (pdf)
- The
Fifes in South Africa
Being a History of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the South African
War, 1900 - 1901 by 9176 I.Y. (pdf)
- Great
Britain at War
By Jeffery Farnol (1918) (pdf)
- Pen Pictures
of British Battles (pdf)
-
Imperial War Museums
(external link)
-
The Australian Imperial Force in France
By C. E. W. Bean
- Battle of
the Ridges
Arras - Messines March - June 1917 by Frank Fox, R.F.A.
- Coningham
A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DF,
AFC by Vincent Orange (1992)
- Admiral Bertram Home Ramsay
In overall charge of the Dunkirk evacuation and the Normandy Landings
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Reports of The Civil Aerial Transport Committee (1918) (pdf)
- Life of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro
In three volumes by The Rev. G. R. Gleig (1830)
Volume 1 |
Volume 2 |
Supplement
- Merchant
Seamen and the War
Record of the Twelfth Session of the Joint Maritime Commission, London,
26-30 June 1942 (pdf)
- The Navy in
Battle
By Arthur Hungerford Pollen (1919) (pdf)
- The Royal Air Force
Its Organisation, Duties and Prospects as a Profession or Trade by T.
Stanhope Sprigg (1935) (pdf)
- So Few
The Immortal Record of the Royal Air Force by David Masters (1942)
- Lives of
the British Admirals
Containing an Accurate Naval History from the Earliest Periods by Dr.
John Campbell by Dr. John Campbell in eight volumes
- The Naval
History of Great Britain
From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George
IV by William James. A new edition with additions and notes, an account
of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino by Captain Chamier, R.N.
in six volumes (1837)
- The War in the
Air
Being the Story of The part played in the Great War by the Royal Air
Force by Walter Raleigh in six volumes
-
Admiral David Robertson-Macdonald
11th of Kinlochmoidart
-
Life of General Sir
Charles Napier G. C. B.
By William Napier Bruce (1885)
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An Account of the Scottish
Regiments
With the Statistics of each from 1808 to March 1861 (pdf)
-
General Sir John Maxwell
By Sir George Arthur
- Life in the
Ranks
By Serjeant-Major Taylor, second edition (1847) (pdf)
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The Life of General Sir
Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.C.L.
By S. W. Fullom (1863)
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Lights and Shades of Military Life
Edited by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B., Second
edition (1850) (pdf)
- Memoirs of
the old Highlander, Serjeant D. MacLeod
Second Edition with additions (pdf)
-
Midshipman's Diary
A few notes extracted from the Cockpit Journal of a Man-Of-War (1862) (pdf)
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Under Ten Viceroys
The Reminiscences of a Gurkha by Major-General Nigel oodyatt, C.S., C.I.E. Colonel 7th Gurkhas (1922) (pdf)
- Major
General Charles Ramsay
Career soldier who embodied the qualities of a leader
-
Quartermaster Supply
A series of volumes covering the European theatre in World War II
- The Life of General
Sir Edward Bruce Hamley, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
By Alexander Innes Shand (1895) in two volumes
- In Defence of Collective Security
The Skripal affair and the vital importance of “collective security” as the foundation of British national defence (pdf)
- Twenty Years in
the Himalaya
By Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce, M.V.O., Fifth Goorka Rifles (1910) (pdf)
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Our Great Military Commanders
Sketches of the Lives of Duke of Marlborough, Lord Clive, Duke of
Wellington, Sir Charles Napier, Lord Gough, Lord Clyde by C. D. Yonge
(1892) (pdf)
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Handbook of the British Army
With supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense
Organizations (1943) (pdf)
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Flight & Aircraft
Engineer
First Aero Weekly in the World. May 8th, 1919 (pdf)
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Aeronautical Engineering Series Ground Engineers
Electrical and Wireless Equipment of aircraft including the repair,
overhaul and testing of Magnetos ("X" Licence) by S. G. Wybrow (Fourth
Edition) (1941) (pdf)
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The Rigging Maintenance and Inspection of Aircraft
“A” Licence by W. J. C. Speller (1935) (pdf)
-
Inspection of
Aircraft after Overhaul
(Category B Licence) by S. J. Norton (fourth edition) (1940) (pdf)
- The Falklands
War
-
Royal Air
Force
Permanent Organization of the Royal Air Force (1919) (pdf)
The scheme outlined in the following memorandum on the permanent
organization of the Royal Air Force has been prepared during the course
of the present year under my directions by the Chief of the Air Staff,
and has in principle received the approval of the Cabinet.
- Jane's
All The World's Aircraft
1947, thirty fifth year of issue compiled and edited by Leonard
Bridgman. Preface starts at page 121.
-
Letters and Memorials of Captain William A. Douglas
6th Battalion The Royal Scots With Preface by the Rev. James Black
(1920) (pdf)
- Lessons
in Combat Service Support Tactical Mobility
The Afghanistan Conflict, Falklands War and Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm, A Monograph by Major Carol D. Clair Transportation
(1993) (pdf)
- The Naval
and Military History of the Wars of England including the Wars of
Scotland and Ireland
In which is given an accurate and lively Description of the Sieges,
Battles, Bombardments, Sea Engagememts, Expeditions, and extensive
Conquests of the British Arms, in all Quarters of the Globe, with a
variety of Interesting and extraordinary Anecdotes of Military Skill and
Intrepidity, heroic Adventures, brilliant Exploits, martial
Achievements, and memorable Actions of the British Warriors calculated
to inspire the Rising Generation with Magnamity and Virtue and to
Impress on their Minds the generous Ardour and Noble Emulation of their
Ancestors in eight volumes.
- My
Home in the Field of Honour
By Francis Wilson Huard with drawings by Charles Huard (1916) (pdf) This
book tells the tale of how an American/French family in France fare in
the 1st World War in France.
- Reasons
for Extending the Militia Acts to the Disarmed Counties of Scotland
(1760) (pdf)
-
Effective Condition Monitoring of Aero-Engine Systems Using Automated
SEMIEDX and New Diagnostic Routines
By Mr Nicholas W Farrant, Rolls-Royce plc, Engine Condition Monitoring
and Mr Terry Luckhurst, HQ Logistics Command RAF Wyton, AIME & RB 199
Engine Support Manager (1988) (pdf)
- Two old documents
discussing possible improvement dealing with Military matters
-
The Battle of the Somme
By John Buchan (1922) (pdf)
- General
Craufurd and his Light Division
By The Rev. Alexander H. Craufurd, M.A. (1891) (pdf)
-
Will Weatherhelm
The Yarn of an old Sailor by W. H. G. Kingston (New Edition 1915) (pdf)
-
Famous British War-Ships and their Commanders
By Walter Wood (1897) (pdf)
-
Memorandum on Naval and
Military Aviation
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty (1912)
(pdf)
- The Soul
and Body of an Army
By General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B. (1921) (pdf)
- Passages
in the early military life of General Sir George T. Napier, KGB
Written by himself, edited by his son, General W. C. E. Napier (1884) (pdf)
- The Naval
History of Great Britain
From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George
IV by William James, a new edition with additions and notes, Also an
account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino by Captain Chamier,
R.N. in six volumes (1837)
-
The Royal Air Force
Its organization, duties and prospects as a profession or a trade by T.
Stanhope Sprigg (1935) (pdf)
- Voyage of
His Majesty's Ship Alceste
To China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew with an account of her
shipwreck by John M'Leod, M.D., surgeon of the Alcese (Third Edition)
(1819) (pdf)
- A Voyage to
India
Containing reflections on a Voyage to Madras and Bengal in 1821 in the
Ship Lonach; instructions for the preservation of Health in Indian
climates and hints to surgeons and owners of private trading ships by
James Wallace, surgeon of the Lonach (1824) (pdf)
- The Army List
By the Ministry of Defence, Great Britain
-
The First
World War
There is no doubt that the First World War shaped the world in which we
live today. There are those who believe the First World War should never
have happened, those who feel it was absolutely necessary and those by
whom it is quietly remembered. Few remain untouched by its memory. Given
the number of countries involved and the unimaginable loss of life, such
a long-lasting impact was inevitable. In fact, today we commemorate the
100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme with this brand new
edition. We will explore the First World War through key events,
significant battles and influential figures, while discovering the
knock-on effect to everyday life on the Home Front. The words and images
are accompanied by historical artefacts that will paint a picture of
what life was like during the First World War – both at home and on the
front line (2016) (Third Edition) (pdf)
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Greatest Battles
Much of history is determined by victories and defeats in battle. Such
conflicts mark a turning point for the nations involved, having been
fought in the name of defending their identity, ideals and population –
or for causes close to the heart. War has been the chosen course for
seeking resolution throughout history, from before the Persian invasion
at Marathon in 490 BCE, to the Falklands War in 1982 and beyond. Through
detailed battle maps and diagrams we will examine the strategies that
guided some of the world’s most significant campaigns. You’ll read about
the men who became heroes when they went beyond the call of duty and
understand the impact of heavy bloodshed for all those on the frontline.
Take a closer look at the equipment that would decide between success or
failure, and uncover how such events have shaped the identity of
societies across the globe.
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Battle of the Somme
In WWI (2006) (pdf)
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The SAS Self-Defence Handbook
Elite defense techniques for men and women by John "Lofty" Wiseman
(1997) (pdf)
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A History of the Scottish
Borders Militia
Compiled from Authentic Sources by The Rev. Robert W. Weir, M.A. (1877)
(pdf)
- Sun Tzu on the
Art of War
The Oldest Military Treatise in the World, Translated from the Chinese
by Lionel Giles, M.A. (1910) (pdf)
- Field
Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
-
Field-Marshall Sir Donald Stewart
G.C.B., G.C.S.I, C.I.E. An Account of his Life, mainly in his own words
edited by G.R. Elsmie, C.S.I. Joint author of "Lumsden of the Guides"
(1903) (pdf)
- The
Crimean Commission and the Chelsea Board
A Review of the proceedings and report of the board by Colonel Tulloch,
Late Commissioner in the Crimea (1857) (pdf)
- A Story of
Active Service in foreign Lands
Compiled from Letters sent home from South Africa, India, and China,
1856 - 1882 by Surgeon-General A. Graham Young (pdf)
-
Memoir of the Honourqble
George Keith Elphinstone. K.B.
Viscount Keith, Admiral of the Red by Alexander Allardyce (pdf)
- Memorial to
the Late Dr. James Thomson
Assistant Surgeon to the Forty-Fourth Regiment (1857) (pdf)
-
Heroes and Heroic
Deeds of the Great War
by Donald A. MacKenzie (1918) (pdf)
- Rough Recollections
of Military Service and Society
By Lieut.-Colonel Balcarres D. Wardlaw Ramsay in two volumes (1882)
- The Naval
Chronicle
Added the first volume of some 32 editions.
- Seymour
Vandeleur
Lieutenant-Colonel, Scots Guards & Irish Guards. A plain narrative of
the part played by British Officers in the acquisition of Colonies and
Dependences in Africa representing a dominion of greater extent than
India added to the British Empire in less than twenty years. By Colonel
F. I. Maxse, C.B., Coldstream Guards (1906) (pdf)
- One Thousand Men
Are Walking
By Joshua Dyer, aged 14 was tasked at school to write a poem for
Remembrance Day 2019.
- Twelve Years'
Military Adventures in three quarters of the Globe
Or, Memoirs of an Officer who served in the armies of his Majesty and of
the East India Company, between the Years 1802 ad 1814 in which are
contained the Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in India and his last
in Spain and the South of France in two volumes (1829)
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The Machine Gunners' Handbook
Vickers, Maxim, Lewis, and Colt Automatic Machine Guns Arranged by
Lieut. J. Bostock, K.O. Yorkshire L.I. (Machine Gun Corps) Ninth Edition
(pdf)
- Recruiting
By an Army Chaplain
- Soldier
to Civilian
Problems of Readjustment by George K. Pratt, M.D. (1944) (pdf)
-
Musings of a real
Tank Commander
By Stuart Crawford
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The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir
Charles Napier K.C.B.
From Personal Recollections, Letters, and Official Documents by Major-General
Elers Napier in two volumes (1862) (pdf)
Vol. 1 |
Vol. 2
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The Conquest of
Scinde
With some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James
Napier dedicated to the British People by Major-General W. F. P. Napier (second
edition) (1845) (pdf)
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The Indian and Colonial Forces of Her Majesty's Army
A Descriptive Account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's Forces
in India and the Colonies by Walter Richards in two volumes (1891)
Volume 1 |
Volume 2
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Soldiers of the
King: Their Battles, Sieges and Campaigns
By Col. G. J. Harcourt (1902) (pdf)
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