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SMACZNY Henryk
Ksiega Kawalerii Polskiej 1914-1947. Rodowody. Barwa. Bron. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, text in Polish, with numerous coloured plates, numerous illustrations and charts in the text, and pictorial endpapers; maroon cloth, upper board lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed OOB covering WWI and WWII. SCARCE.
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NEUBERG Victor
Gone for a Soldier. A History of Life in the British Ranks from 1642. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HAMID Major-General S. Shahid
So They rode and Fought. [A History of the Indian Army Cavalry]. Illustrated by Frank Wilson. [Foreword by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PALIT Major General D.K.
War in the High Himalaya. The Indian Army in Crisis, 1962. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with maps in the text; brown cloth, ypper board and backstrip lettered oin gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at head of backstrip.
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US ARMY-NAVY.
US Army-Navy Journal of Recognition September 1943-February 1944, Numbers 1-6. Introduction by Norman Friedman. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STANTON Captain Shelby L.
World War II Order of Battle US Army (Ground Force Units). Foreword by Russell F. Weigley. [Revised Edition] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, with photographic title-spread, photographs and charts throughout, and diagrammatic endpapers; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1984. VERY SCARCE.
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DELAFORCE Patrick
The Black Bull. From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text, inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. The first edition is increasingly elusive in this condition..
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PIMLOTT, ed. Dr. John
Wehrmacht. The Illustrated History of the German Army in WWII. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BERTINARIA Pier Luigi
La Tragedia Italiana sul Fronte Russo (1941-1943). Immagini di un Sofferto Sacrificio con Documenti e Testimonianze. Nuova Edizione Ampliata. FINE COPY
Folio, text in Italian, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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MAYER-STEIN Hans-Georg
Volkswagens of the Wermacht. A Photo Chronicle. [First English Edition] FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, marbled endpapers, a fine copy.
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DURRETT Deanne
The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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SPIELBERGER Walter J.
Die Halbkettenfahrzeuge des Deutschen Heeres 1909-1945. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Roy. 4to., text in German, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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SKENNERTON Ian
The Lee-Enfield Story. [The Lee-Metford, Lee-Enfield, SMLE and No. 4 Series Rifles and Carbines, 1880 to the Present] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive history, extending and augmenting 'British Service Lee' with many detailed new features including recently discovered Pattern Room samples. VERY SCARCE.
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McENERY John H.
Epilogue in Burma 1945-48. The Military Dimension of British Withdrawal. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, map and charts; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graham & Cole I38.
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TURNER John Frayn
Destination Berchtesgaden. The Story of the United States Seventh Army in World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.226.
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MATHIAS Frank F.
GI Jive. An Army Bandsman in World War II. [Foreword by Edward M. Coffman] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and coloured pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author served in the South Pacific, primarily in the Philippines. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PHIBBS Brendan
The Other Side of Time. A Combat Surgeon in World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth boards blocked in blind, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Phibbs served with Twelfth Armoured Division, Seventh US Army.
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WICKES H.L.
Regiments of Foot. A Historical Record of all the Foot Regiments of the British Army FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PHIBBS Brendan
The Other Side of Time. A Combat Surgeon in World War II. [First UK Edition] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Phibbs served with Twelfth Armoured Division, Seventh US Army.
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WHITEHEAD William
Dieppe 1942. Echoes of Disaster. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B.
The Mounted Troops of the British Army. The Imperial Services Library, Volume III. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1959.
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B.
Weapons of the British Soldier. The Imperial Services Library, Volume V. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1960.
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SEATON Albert
The German Army 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, endpapers faintly browned; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed analytical study from the Reichsheer to the formidable organisation of WWII.
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MAITLAND Major General Gordon L.
The Second World War and its Australian Army Battle Honours. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps throughout; maroon cloth, giltback, brown endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STANTON Shelby L.
Green Berets at War. US Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia 1956-1975. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears.
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NUNNELEY John
Tales by Japanese Soldiers. of the Burma Campaign 1942-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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YEATS-BROWN F.
Martial India. [The Story of Two Million Volunteers.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; ; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately rubbed and worn dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.218.
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MELCHIOR Ib
Case by Case. A US Army Counterintelligence Agent in World War II. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TWINCH Carol
Women on the Land. Their Story during Two World Wars. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRITISH ARMY.
His Majesty's Regiments of the British Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ALMAN et al] [Karl
Einzelkampfer. Da Weisse im Auge des Feindes. Portrats hochausgezeichneter deutscher Soldaten. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, text in German, with photographs in the text; green cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SAWICKI, comp. James A.
Field Artillery Battalions of the US Army. Volume II [2]. Compiled by James A. Sawicki. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
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THOMPSON R.W
Dieppe at Dawn. The Story of the Dieppe Raid. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WORN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, folding map, folding chart, and front and endpaper maps in blue; red cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed with loss at edges. With small personal book-label on title, and small quantity oif relevant cuttings loosely inserted. THE EARLIEST PUBLICLY PUBLISHED ATTEMPT TO ACCOUNT FOR OPERATION JUBILEE, one of the costliest operations of its kind mounted by the Allies in WWII. No photographs are present due to restrictions then still obtaining, but it includes a valuable folding chart showing the naval and military composition of the striking force. Enser, p.127; Law, 0490.
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MOYNAHAN Brian
The Claws of the Bear. A History of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1917 to the Present. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GLINES Carroll V.
Attack on Yamamoto. SIGNED BY REX BARBER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, blue cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY COLONEL REX BARBER ON BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Rex Barber was one of the three 'killer' pilots responsible for the successful interception and death of Admiral Yamamoto at Bougainville Island in 1943.
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GILLON Captain Stair
The Story of the 29th Division [in WWI]. A Record of Gallant Deeds. Compiled from Narratives supplied by the Three Divisional Commanders and Others. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 2 portraits and 12 maps (many folding) on japon, title lightly spotted, contempoorary signature on front free endpaper; original tan bickram, upper board and backstrip with divisional emblem blocked in red and lettered in black, uncut, one corner bruised, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 29th Division was the only regular British formation at Gallipoli. Subsequently, however, it served at Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and the final offensive in Flanders. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.60; Falls, p.110.
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KOTANI Ken
Japanese Intelligence in World War II. Translated by Chiharu Kotani. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; maroon cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of a greatly under-written aspect of WWII.
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URQUHART Major-General Roy
Arnhem. With Wilfred Greatorex. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, and 13 full-page maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'airborne Pegasus' emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy. This classic memoir by the commander of 1 Airborne Division remains the best eye-witness account of the most poignant (and by far the most documented) airborne operation in history. Includes transcripts of the airborne corps instruction, confirmatory notes of GOC's verbal orders, glider and unit allotments and 1 Airborne Div OOB. Enser, p.36.
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VAN ROEKEL Chris
The Torn Horizon. The Airborne Chaplains at Arnhem. Translated by Jan Arriens and John Chipperfield. FINE COPY
8vo., First English Edition, with numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first detailed account of the eighteen chaplains serving with 1 Airborne at Arnhem and their subsequent careers. First published in Dutch in 1998 as a tribute to Kate ter Horst. A pioneer study and a valuable addition to the growing recent literature of Arnhem.
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BOWLING A.H.
The Foot Guards Regiments 1880-1914. A Pictorial Album [of Men, Uniforms and Equipment]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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COLEMAN A P
A Special Corps. The Beginnings of Gorkha Service with the British. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ELLIS Chris
Handbook on the British Army 1943. [MBS Edition.]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HALE Edwin R. W.
The Yanks are Coming. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, pp.224, 239.
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ANON.
WAAC. The Woman's Story of the War. [Seventh Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Seventh Impression; red cloth, upper board and backstrip ruled and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 6pp publishers' catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1930. Apparently not recorded by Enser.
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LOVE Captain Edmund G.
The 27th Infantry Division in World War II. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with maps in the text; grey cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, gilt back, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1949.
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HEDIN Sven
With the German Armies in the West. Authorised Translation from the Swedish by H. G. de Walterstorff. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First English Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, title in red and black, 118 plates and 4 maps (2 folding; 2 full-page), title lightly browned; elegantly bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, original backstrip gilt mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The author, better known as the Swedish explorer of Central Asia, spent two months with the German forces in France and Belgium early in WWI. His account, although criticised strongly for its apparent partiality, is nontheless valuable for its first-hand observations of the German Army at war, from command structures through to weapons and equipment. Many of the photographs are not easily available elsewhere. Enser, p.155.
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ASHMEAD-BARTLETT Ellis
With the Turks in Thrace. In collaboration with Seabury Ashmead-Bartlett. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FRESH COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates, maps in thre text and large folding coloured map at end; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, uncut, backstrip lettering lightly faded (but wholly legible), a remarkably bright, fresh copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing text, and trade ticket of Rees of London on front paste-down. The author was Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper during the Balkan War of 1912. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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THOMAS, ed. Captain R A
The History of the Volunteer Company at the Training College, Winchester (1 Co., 1st Vol. Batt. Hampshire Regiment). from its Inception to its Conversion to a Territorial Company (B Co., 4th Batt. Hampshire Regiment). Edited by Captain R A Thomas, Officer Commanding the Company. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; elegantly bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, upper board latter in gilt, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED), a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The unit became the regiment's 1st Volunteer Battalion in 1885 and its 4th Battalion (the conversion) in 1908. Includes many valuable photographs. RARE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe or White.
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BARNES Major R Money
The Soldiers of London. Imperial Services Library, Volume VI. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
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BACON Captain Alban F.L.
The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior. A Territorial Officer's Narrative of Service (and Sport) in Three Continents. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates; free endpapers and half-title lightly browned; original red cloth, sides framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. 'Captain Bacon may be described as a typical Territorial officer, but it must be added that he is a lucky one. He went to India at the beginning of the War, and to Palestine in early 1917 where he took part in the Third Battle of Gaza and the operations leading to the capture of Jerusalem. Then to France in 1918 for the victorious offensive' (Falls). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.258; Falls, p.178.
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