Advance Posts of Light Cavalry. Recollections. With Plates. Translated from the second Paris edition of 1844, by Major P. J. Begbie.

Brack (Antoine Fortuné de)

Published by Madras: Printed by Reuben Twigg at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press Vepery, 1850

About this Item

with 5 lithographed plates, 1 gathering browned, pp. iv, 394, vi (Subscribers), [1, errata], [1, ads], 8vo, 20th-century (c. 1930) half red calf, top edges gilt, minor wear, contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, bookplate of The Cavalry Club inside front cover, good. A very thorough treatise, as well as rare - BL only in COPAC and WorldCat. Among the incidentals are a chapter on the pipe (soldiers should be encouraged to smoke - not when on patrol at night of course - as it keeps them awake and happy), and a longer chapter on Medical Instructions. The advertisements at the end begin with an announcement of Major Begbie's translation of Clausewitz ('the first volume is nearly ready for the printer'), but this does not seem to have come to fruition and English readers had to wait until 1873.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advance Posts of Light Cavalry. Recollections. With Plates. Translated from the second Paris edition of 1844, by Major P. J. Begbie.
• Publisher: Madras: Printed by Reuben Twigg at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press Vepery
• Publication Date: 1850
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