Author: Baden-Powell, Major B.F.S.
Title: WAR IN PRACTICE. Some Tactical and Other Lessons of the Campaign in South Africa, 1899-1902. With an Introduction by Major-General R.S.S. Baden-Powell.
Description: Isbister & Company, 1903. 1st Ed. Crown 8vo. 280pp. 20 ills. (two detached, one affixed incorrectly), 14 diagrams. Ex.-Wigan Free Public Library with bookplate, sm. inscription, red lettered fawn cloth, soiled, corners frayed, spine chipped. ¶ Mendelssohn Volume One pp.63-4. ‘... The principle subjects dealt with are "Strategy and general conduct of Operations," "The Attack," "Defence," "The Selection of Ground and Positions ," "Fortifications," "Outposts and Protective Screens," and "Arms and Armaments ," There are numerous criticisms of the conduct of the operations ...’

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