War: Reproduced with Amendments from the Article in the Last Edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica"; To which is added An Essay on Military Literature and A List of Books with Brief Comments.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1891. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. xi, [1], 155, [1] pages. Bookplate from Ship's Library U.S.S. Bridge. Bookplate of a previous owner (Robert R. Martin) on fep. Appendix (bibliography). Index, Boards and spine somewhat stained and spotted. Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice KCB (1841–1912) was a senior British Army officer, chiefly remembered for his military writings. Maurice served as private secretary to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the Ashanti Campaign of 1873–1874; in the Zulu War in 1880; was deputy assistant adjutant general of the Egyptian expedition in 1882; and was brevetted colonel in 1885. In 1885–1892 he was professor of military history at the Staff College, Camberley, and in 1895 was promoted to major general. In 1905 Maurice was part of a team which went to Berlin to negotiate with the Germans on the problems of the Navy estimates and the escalating threat posed to the Empire. The first USS Bridge (AF-1) was the lead ship of her class of stores ships for the United States Navy, and served in both World War I and World War II. Bridge was launched on 18 May 1916 at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Granville Searcy Fleece, a grandniece of Commodore Bridge; and commissioned on 2 June 1917, Lieutenant Commander W. K. Riddle in command. Following her commissioning Bridge loaded stores and provisions, and transported and issued them to the fleet and shore stations. Condition: Good.
Keywords: War, Military Strategy, Military Literature, Miltary Tactics, Weapons, Military Bibliography, USS Bridge, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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