Destruction of an Army: The First Campaign in Libya, Sept. 1940 - Feb. 1941
London: HMSO, 1941. First? Printing. 63, wraps, covers worn and soiled, pencil erasure on frontis, some page crinkling at rear, minor page chipping. More
London: HMSO, 1941. First? Printing. 63, wraps, covers worn and soiled, pencil erasure on frontis, some page crinkling at rear, minor page chipping. More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1940. Reprint. Stiff boards. Format is approximately 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches. xiv, 171, [1], XX Plates (including folding). Notation of insertions inside the front cover. Several changes have been inserted and some obsolete text noted with ink and occasional comments. Contents include: Definitions; Part I--Inspection and Review of Troops, Chapter I General Instructions; Chapter II Parade Formations; Chapter III General Instructions for Inspections and Reviews; Chapter IV--Marching Past--Mounted Troops (Other Than Artillery); Chapter V--Marching Past--Mounted and Mechanized Artillery and Field Artillery Signal Sections; Chapter V--Marching Past--Dismounted Artillery; Chapter VI Marching Past--Dismounted Unites (Other than Royal Artillery); Chapter VII Marching Past--Dismounted Units (other than Royal Artillery); Chapter VIII--Marching Past--An Infantry Brigade; Chapter IX--Marching Past--Mechanized Units (other than Royal Artillery); Chapter X Marching Past--A Division or Larger Formation; Chapter XI Mounted Escorts; Chapter XII Standards, Guidons, and Colours; Chapter XIII Artillery Salutes and Feu-de-Joie; Chapter XIV Mounted Guards and Guards of Honour; Chapter XV Street Lining for Royal Processions, Etc;; Chapter XVI Funerals; Appendix; Index; List of Plates. This was issued in 1940 and thus is one of the earliest issuances of this Manual during the Second World War. It served as a standard for similar Commonwealth military ceremonial issuances. More