General Gatacre Part 38

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FORTIFICATION: Its Past Achievements, Recent Developments, Future Progress. By Colonel Sir George S. Clarke, R.E., K.C.M.G., F.R.S. New Edition Enlarged. With numerous Ill.u.s.trations. Medium 8vo. 18s. net.

ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIVES. Essays and Lectures written and delivered at various times. By Sir Andrew n.o.ble, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. With numerous diagrams and Ill.u.s.trations. Medium 8vo. 21s. net.

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THE ARMY IN 1906. A Policy and a Vindication. By the Rt. Hon. H. O.

Arnold-Forster, M.P. Demy 8vo. 15s. net.

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IMPERIAL OUTPOSTS. From a Strategical and Commercial Aspect. With Special Reference to the j.a.panese Alliance. By Colonel A. M. Murray.

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OVER-SEA BRITAIN. A Descriptive Record of the Geography, the Historical, Ethnological, and Political Development, and the Economic Resources of the Empire.

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