Item Tag : Military

NONE WERE TRUER OR BRAVER – ELIJAH WHITE’S 35th BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY -1ST

“NONE WERE TRUER OR BRAVER” ELIJAH V. WHITE’S 35th BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY BY HORACE MEWBORN FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION BRAND NEW, UNREAD, PRISTINE CONDITION BOOK IN ORIGINAL, PUBLISHER’S SHRINK WRAP Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Brand New Book Illustrated Throughout; Also Contains Battle Maps Contains a Comprehensive Unit Roster with the Civil War Service of Each Soldier in the Command Contains Three Appendices; Fully Referenced and Indexed “None Were Truer or Braver” is an account of Elijah V. « Lige » White and the unit he commanded, the partisan 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. The unit was also known as « White’s Comanches » for their war cries and sudden raids on enemy targets. At the outbreak of the Civil War, White enlisted in the Loudoun Cavalry commanded by Captain Daniel T.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1918 VOL II (MARCH OFFENSE)

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918 Volume II by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1995 656 pages. 33 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ hardcover ISBN: 223-3 Summary:Originally published as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume continues the account of the German spring offensive from March 27th to its final halt by the Australians on the Somme at Villiers-Bretonneaux in late April. It also covers the German LYS offensive in Flanders in March & April incl the battles of Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel Hill and Bethune. This volume closes with 30 April,1918.

MILITARY OPERATIONS, FRANCE AND BELIGUM, 1918 VOLUME IV

Offered is Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918 Volume IV by Brigadier Sir James E. Edmonds. Battery Press reprint edition:1993 688 pages. 34 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ hardcover ISBN: 191-1 Summary:Originally published in 1947 as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I. this volume covers from 8th August 1918 ‘The Black Day of the German Army’ until Sept. 26th 1918 when the British armies were lined up opposite the main Hindenburg line ready to play their part in the great Allied offensive . It includes information on French units which operated with British & Commonwealth forces at the Battle of Amiens, Albert, the Scarpe, Peronne-Bapaume, Mont St.Quentin, the Drocourt-Queant switch line and others.