General Gatacre: The Story of the Life and Services of Sir William Forbes Gatacre, K.C.B., D.S.O., 1843-1906Gatacre, Beatrix Wickens Davey, Lady
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General Gatacre: The Story of the Life and Services of Sir William Forbes Gatacre, K.C.B., D.S.O., 1843-1906
Gatacre, Beatrix Wickens Davey, Lady
Gatacre, William Forbes, Sir, 1843-1906; South African War, 1899-1902
THE FIRST BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE FIRST EARL MACARTNEY, 1737-1806.
From hitherto Unpublished Correspondence and Documents. By Mrs. A. G.
Robbins. With Portraits and other Illutrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net.
MOLTKE IN HIS HOME. By Friedrich August Dressier. Authorised
Translation by Mrs. C. E. Barrett-Lennard. With an Introduction by
Lieut.-General Lord Methuen. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 6s. net.
This does not attempt to give a biography of the great Field-Marshal,
but contains a series of sketches and incidents of his life, and of the
characteristics and surroundings of one of the greatest soldiers of the
nineteenth century.
NELSON'S HARDY. His Life, Letters, and Friends. By A. M. Broadley and
the Rev. R. G. Bartelot. Many Illustrations and Portraits, 10s. 6d.
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"A record of the beautiful human friendship which existed between the
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LETTERS FROM THE PENINSULA (1808-1812). Written by Lieut.-General Sir
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C.B. With Portrait and Map. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
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A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815. Lady De Lancey's Narrative. Being an
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THE BOOK OF WAR. Translated into English by Captain E. F. Calthrop,
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