CAMPAIGN OF THE LEFT WING OF THE
ALLIED ARMY
IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
by Captain Robert Batty
An account of the campaign in the years
1813-14 under Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. This is a
scarce facsimile reprint of the original published in London in
1823 by John Murray. Together with twenty five black and white
engravings, the volume includes a large fold-out map of the area
of the campaign. The book was published in a limited edition of
250 numbered copies of which this is number 199.
Fine in grey boards with red etched spine - 185pp, numerous
b/w illustrations, map
Ken Trotman, 1983
ISBN
0853685967
SOLD
Web No
34140-01
£65.00
SECRET DAYS: CODE BREAKING IN
BLETCHLEY PARK
by Asa Briggs
This book is a meticulously researched account of life in Hut
Six at Bletchley Park, written by Lord Briggs who worked there for
five years alongside Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman. As well as
discussing the Allies’code-breaking efforts and their impact on
the war, Asa Briggs considers what the Germans knew about
Bletchley and how they reacted to revelatory memoirs about the
Enigma machine which were not published until the 1970s. The book
was launched in May 2011, in the presence of Hut 6 veterans and
part of the proceeds will be donated to the fund to restore Hut 6
to its former glory.
The story of a 19 year old who joined the strangely named First
Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) then trained as a radar mechanic
during World War II. From 1943 she was a radar maintenance officer
on London gun-sites and gives a detailed account of life in the
Little Blitz of Autumn, 1943 to May, 1944. There is a lively
description of the gun sites and the people who worked on them.
She writes of the difficulties of planning and execution, and
praises the men who worked in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers (REME) workshops.
New in card cover - 102pp, 26 b/w photos
& illustrations
This book focuses on Aden as the British lost their grip on
South Arabia. The campaign in Radfan and internal security
operations in Aden itself are comprehensively covered, as are
Colonel ‘Mad Mitch’ Mitchell’s re-occupation of Crater following
the savage fighting following the ‘mutiny’ of 20 June 1967. The
author has made good use of previously unavailable information
from security sources on intelligence and counter-terrorist
operations in Aden. He also covers the work of political officers
in the wilder reaches of the protectorates.
This book tells the story of a young man's National Service in
the 1950s, and how he came to terms with two years of compulsory
soldiering. After basic training with The Green Howards in Yorkshire
he took a senior NCO's course and became a Sergeant Instructor in
The Royal Army Educational Corps. The story then moves abroad to
Libya and Malta, concluding with his TA service in The Royal
Artillery - and an unexpected offer from the SAS.
