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Issue 130 - September 2007 The fall and rise of the British Cavalry Lancer, 1903-1912 By Dr A.P. Winrow Immortal Fame - The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Ferozeshah By Brigadier J.K. Tanner, OBE Arthur Murray and the Battle of Boomplaats, 1848 By J.F. Cowlin Two Heroes of the Indian Mutiny: CJS and HH Gough By Chris Kempton The Annotated Maps of Isandlwana By Keith I. Smith A Biographaical Sketch and Research Bibliography of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener By Harold E. Raugh, Jr Issue 129 - June 2007 The North Indian Revolt of 1857: In Search of Havelock's Invalid Artillerymen By Denise Love The Bengal Army 1857-1862 By Chris Kempton The First Black V.C. Winner Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax N.S. The Great Mutiny from the Air By Alan Waters Captain Peel's Report on the Battle of Khujwah By Dan Allen A Mutiny Chronology By Chris Kempton Issue 128 - March 2007 Machine Guns in Matabeleland 1893-1896 By I.J. Cross A Biographical Sketch and Research Bibliography of Major General Charles G. 'Chinese' Gordon By Harold E. Raugh, Jr The NNC Withdrawal from Eshowe By Keith I. Smith Fenians, Vicars and Engineers - Early Submarine Development in the 19th Century By Robert Yaxley Book Reviews Edited by Dr Roger T. Stearn Obituary - David Rattray By Ian Knight      Issue 127 - December 2006 Humbug on the Nile: Wolseley and the War Correspondents (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr) The Civilian Victoria Crosses (by Chris Kempton) Blue Plaque for Zulu King's Visit (by Ian Knight) French Naval Operations in Tunisia and the Far East, 1881-1884 (by N.C. Hayes) Vignettes of Victoria's Generals: General Sir Redvers H. Buller VC (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr) The British Army in Afghanistan - then and now (photographs from the N.A.M. exhibition)    Issue 126 - September 2006 "Poor Performers": the Edwardian Cavalry Officer, 1902-1914 (by Dr. A.P. Winrow) 125th Anniversary of the 1st Anglo-Boer War: the Natal Sites Visited (by Alistair Cowan) "Mind that stuff, it kicks!": Horse Essence and the Defence of Ladysmith, 1899-1900 (by R.P. Jenkins) Those Unusual Artillery Badges (by Philip Haythornwaite) The Diehard Company. Part 2 - off duty (by Graham Gillmore) Some Forts of the 1859 Royal Commission: the Hoo Peninsula (by Robert Yaxley) Vignette's of Victoria's Generals: General Sir Henry Brackenbury (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr) New Zulu Memorial at Rorke's Drift (by Ian Knight) The Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882 (by N.C. Hayes)   Issue 125 - June 2006 The Diehard Company. Part 1 - on Duty (by Graham Gillmore) A Victorian and Edwardian Military Quiz (by B.J. Appelthwaite) A Gordon Highlander in the Crimea (by John W. Mathieson) Trooper, 2nd Lancers. The Imperial Ottoman Army, c.1896 (illustration) Vignettes of Victoria's Generals - General Sir John M. Adye (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr) The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) (some pictures) The Anglo-Boer War: Soap and Tinned Meat (by Jim O'Brien) The National Service League: Lord Roberts and the Campaign for Compulsory Military Service (by Roger T. Stearn.)    Issue 24 - March 2006 The Royal Navy and Fortress Warfare, 1837-1854 (by N.C. Hayes) Son of the Empire, Father of the Regiment: The Lieutenant Colonel of 1914 (by A.P. Winrow) The Madras Horse Artillery... and others (By Peter Walton) The Royal Arsenal Woolwich and 'Firepower', the R.A. Museum (by Chris Kempton) Wavells at War: a Century of Selfless Military Service (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr) the (British) Indian Cavalry Officers' Association and Indian Army Association (by Selwyn Hodson-Pressinger) Sikh Brass 6-Pounder Gun Captured at the Battle of Mudki in 1846 (illustration) No. 4 Field Battery, Hyderbad Contingent c1900 (illustration)    Issue 123 - December 2005 The Royal Navy and Fortress Warfare, 1837-1854 (by N.C. Hayes) Additional Notes on Hodson's Memorial, Regiment and Family (by Selwyn Hodson-Pressinger) Royal Artillerymen at Isandhlawana (by Julian Whybra) Vignette's of Victoria's Generals: General Sir Archibald Hunter (by Harold E. Raugh, Jr.) The Gordon Highlanders (75th and 92nd) - some pictures The Second Anglo-Boer War Military Intelligence (by Jim O'Brien) The Attack on Namutoni Fort: an Episode from the Herero/Nama in German South-West Africa, 1904-1907 (by Edwin Herbert) Two Indian Army Victoria Crosses (by Chris Kempton    Issue 122 - September 2005 A Notable Example: Major James Moffat (by John C. Welch) More Letters from Victorian Soldiers: Zululand to Omdurman (by Ken Ray) The Black Sheep of the Berkeleys (by Richard Stevenson) Vignettes of Victoria's Generals: General Sir George R. Greaves (by Harold E. Raugh Jr.) Bembridge Fort (by John C. Welch) An Artillery Heritage (by Stuart Cook) Uitenhage Memorial Fountain: South African War 1899-1902 (by D.N. Langman and A.T.S. Bodill) Teddy Lewis, GWR and St. John Ambulance Brigade: South Africa, 1900-1901 (by Michael Hardy and Meurig Jones)    Issue 121 - June 2005 Crimean War Infantry, the first year (by Graham Gillmore) Firing the Pattern '53 Enfield Rifle (by Graham Gillmore) Kinsmen in the Crimean War: The families of the Earls of Berkeley and Ducie (by Mike Hinton) The Mission of Mercy - Florence Nightingale receiving the wounded at Scutari (by Chris Kempton) The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) The Vincent Silver Shield - International Challenge Competition (by Selwyn Hodson-Pressinger) "The Affair at Notmbe River" 12th March 1879: The Vilification of Lieutenant Harward and the Lionisation of Sergeant Booth (by Jonathan P. Hicks) The Zulu Use of Drugs (by Keith I. Smith) Military Government in the Orange River Colony (by Jim O'Brien)