Spellmount imprint: 42 books
by Ian Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
The poor discipline demonstrated by the British cavalry commanded by general Slade at Maguilla in 1812 prompted the Duke of Wellington's famous remark that British cavalry officers were in the habit of 'galloping at everything. This work rehabilitates the reputation of the British cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo.
by G. L. D. Alderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The British Army has always set great store by its cap badges, which, in miniature, encapsulated the history and traditions of the units that wore them. They were worn with pride by the County regiments (that formed the bulk of the infantry) throughout the two world wars. Here is a comprehensive illustrated...
by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The detailed story of the first major engagement of the Falklands War.The Battle for Goose Green has become an integral part of the Falklands story and yet it nearly didn't take place at all. Goose Green was earmarked to be isolated, with the bulk of the British Army focused on Port Stanley, however...
Our Land at War
Britain's Key First World War Sites
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
World War I was a human catastrophe, but it also saw a dynamic development of new weapons, and a new kind of war; between the lions and the donkeys came the managers—and the workers—who transformed a nation into a war machine in 48 months. This book takes you on a journey to the key places that...
Royal Artillery Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Historical and Modern
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Since its creation in 1716, the Royal Artillery has been a cornerstone of the British Armed Forces, as their motto Ubique—Everywhere—implies. In this book Philip Jobson has collated the enormous and complex artillery lexicon which has accumulated since that day, as dynamic as its subject to keep...
The Battle For Hong Kong
Hostage to Fortune
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
In this remarkable study of the Far Eastern War, Oliver Lindsay and John R Harris have provided the most thorough and searching enquiry into the debacle which led to over 12,000 British, Canadian, Indian and Chinese defenders surrendering Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. The authors have made use...
Kohima: The Furthest Battle
The Story of the Japanese Invasion of India in 1944 and the Battle of Kohima
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
A comprehensive insight into a major turning point in World War II, using previously unpublished first-hand accounts. Leslie Edwards tells the story of the Japanese invasion of India in 1944 and provides a definitive analysis of the battle of Kohima.
Pyramids and Fleshpots
The Egyptian, Senussi and Eastern Mediterranean Campaigns, 1914 - 16
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Personnel serving in Egypt in World War I often complained that the popular impression of the campaigns, still widely held, was that it was a sideshow, with troops enjoying a holiday among the pyramids and the "fleshpots" of Cairo. Actually they faced appalling heat, abrasive sand, poor...
Hell Upon Water
Prisoners of War in Britain 1793-1815
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, over 200,000 prisoners of war of many nationalities were brought to Britain to be held in the infamous prison hulks, land prisons and parole depots. Many prisoners languished in captivity for over eleven years. This book tells the story of these...
by Clive Semple, Wing Commander Alan Mawby
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
Pilot Leslie Semple's diary is captured and put into context in this unique volume. How do you fly a Handley Page across France in total darkness? The answer is the Lighthouse system, just one of the revelations in this record of ingenuity and courage. With the expert guidance of retired Wing Commander...
Major Sanderson's War
Diary of a Parliamentary Cavalry Officer
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
In 1919, the diary of a parliamentary cavalry officer written on an interleaved copy of William Lilly's Merlini Anglici Ephemeris was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was discovered to be that of Major John Sanderson for the year 1648, an officer in Colonel Robert...
Churchill and Malta
A Special Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
The compelling story of the special relationship between Churchill and the people of Malta Sir Winston Churchill visited the island of Malta on six occasions. He first sailed in to the Grand Harbour of Valletta on the evening of October 2, 1907 when at the age of 33 he was Under-Secretary of State...
Valour
A History of the Gurkhas
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Brigadier "Birdie" Smith DSO served with the Brigade of Gurkhas in WWII and went on to command the 1/2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles in Borneo, Brunei and Hong Kong. This is the full, unique, and fully illustrated story of Nepalese service in the British Army, which includes the award of 13 Victoria Crosses.
Fighting for the Bucks
The History of the Royal Bucks Hussars 1914-18
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
From the hell of Gallipoli to the deserts of the Holy Land, torpedoed in the Mediterranean before finally posted to the mud and trenches of the Western Front, the Royal Bucks Hussars had a fascinating and bloody story during World War I. Condemned by Lord Kitchener as mere play boys, they were able...