1987, ISBN: 9780719019876

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Hardback. New. This book provides the first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688.… Mehr…

Hardback. New. This book provides the first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. In the context of the Huguenot exodus from France and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context is explained through the use of rich biographical and historical detail. Special attention is given to the role played by the most prominent Protestant soldiers of William's army, the Huguenot refugees and the British soldiers of the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. The importance of issues of loyalty and conscience amongst Europe's professional international officer corps is addressed, thereby placing the valuable service rendered to William III by his Huguenot soldiers in an international context encompassing political, religious and social aspects. This book will be a rich source of biographical information about hundreds of Huguenot soldiers in British, Dutch and Brandenburg service in the period 1670 to 1700., Berlin, Wide World Photos, ca. 1930. Original photograph, silver print, 18 x 13 cm, with annotation on verso. Colonel General Ernst Udet (April 26, 1896 - November 17, 1941) was the second-highest scoring German flying ace of World War I. He was one of the youngest aces and was the highest scoring German ace to survive the war (at the age of 22). His 62 victories were second only to Manfred von Richthofen, his commander in the Flying Circus. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Udet was known from early childhood for his sunny happy-go-lucky temperament. He grew up in the Bavarian city of Munich. He was fascinated with aviation from early childhood and hung out at a nearby airplane manufactory and an army airship detachment. After crashing a glider he and a friend constructed, he finally flew with a test pilot in the nearby Otto Works, which he often visited, in 1913. - He tried to join the army on August 2, 1914, but was only 160 cm (5 feet 3 inches) tall and did not qualify. In August, when the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club appealed for volunteers with motorcycles, Udet applied and was accepted. Udet's father had given him his motorcycle when Ernst passed his first year examination. Along with four friends, Udet was posted to the 26 Württembergischen Reserve Division as a "messenger rider." After injuring his shoulder when his motorcycle hit a shell hole, Udet went to a military hospital, and his bike went for repair. When he tried to track down the 26th Division, he was unable to locate it and decided to serve in the vehicle depot in Namur. During this time, Udet met officers from the Chauny flying sector who advised him to be transferred as an aerial observer. However, before he received his orders for Chauny, the army dispensed with the volunteer motorcyclists, and he was sent back to recruiting officials. - Udet tried in vain to return to the fighting, but was unable to get into the pilot or aircraft mechanic training offered by the army. He soon learned that if he were a trained pilot, he would be immediately accepted into the air force. Through a family friend, Gustav Otto, owner of the aircraft factory he had haunted in his youth, Udet received private flight training. The training cost 2,000 marks[3] and new bathroom equipment from his father's firm. Udet obtained his civilian pilot's license at the end of April 1915 and joined the German Army Air Service. - Originally, Udet flew in Flieger-Abteilung 206, an observation unit, as an Unteroffizier (staff sergeant) pilot with observer Lieutenant Justinius. He and his observer won the Iron Cross 2nd class for nursing their Aviatik B.I two-seater back to German lines after a shackle on a wing-cable snapped. Justinius had climbed out to hold the wing and balance it rather than land and accept capture. As a result of the structural failure of the Aviatik that caused Udet and Justinius to go down, and a similar incident that cost Leutnant Winter and Vizefeldwebel Preiss their lives, the Aviatik B was retired from service. Udet and Justinius received Iron Crosses for their feat, Udet's being Second Class and Justinius's First Class. - Later, Udet was court-martialed for losing his aircraft in an incident the flying corps considered a result of bad judgment. The aircraft, overloaded with fuel and bombs, stalled after a sharp bank and plunged to the ground. Miraculously, both Udet and his fellow crew member survived. Udet was placed under arrest in the guardhouse for seven days. - On his way out of the guardhouse, he was asked to fly a Lieutenant Hartmann to observe a bombing raid on Belfort. A bomb thrown by hand by the lieutenant became stuck in the landing gear. Udet performed some aerobatics to shake it loose. As soon as the Air Staff Officer heard about it, he was transferred to fighter command. That was in early 1916. - Udet was given a new Fokker to fly to his new unit, Flieger Abteilung 68 (FA 68), at Habsheim. Mechanically defective, it crashed into a hangar on takeoff. An older Fokker was then sent to Udet. At Habsheim, his first aerial combat was a near disaster. Lining up on a French Caudron, he found he could not bring himself to pull the trigger and was subsequently strafed by the Frenchman. A bullet grazed his cheek and smashed his goggles. - From then on, he learned to attack aggressively and made a number of kills, downing his first French opponent on March 18, 1916. On that occasion, he scrambled to attack two French aircraft; instead, he found a formation of 22. He dove in from above and behind, giving his Fokker D.III full throttle, and opened fire on a Farman F.40 from close range. He pulled away, leaving the flaming bomber trailing smoke, only to see the observer fall from the rear seat of the stricken craft. The fiery kill won Udet the Iron Cross First Class. - That year, FA 68 morphed into Kampfeinsitzer Kommando Habsheim before finally becoming Jagdstaffel 15 on September 28, 1916. It was in the latter unit that Udet would claim five more victims, before transferring to Jasta 37 in June 1917. - In January, 1917, Udet was commissioned as Leutnant der Reserve (lieutenant of reserves). That same month, Jasta 15 re-equipped with Albatros D.IIIs, hot new fighters with twin synchronized Spandau machine guns. - It was during his service with Jasta 15 that Udet wrote he had encountered Georges Guynemer, the French ace, in single combat at 5000 metres. Guynemer preferred to hunt alone; by this time, he was the leading French ace, and one of the war's leading aces, with more than 30 victories. - Udet saw him coming and the two circled each other looking for an opening. They were close enough for Udet to read the "Vieux" of "Vieux Charles" on Guynemer's Spad S.VII. The two opponents tried every tricky aerobatic they knew; the Frenchman ripped a burst of fire through the upper wing of Udet's plane. Udet evaded him and maneuvered for advantage. For an instant, Udet had him in his sights, but his guns jammed. While pretending to dogfight, he worked to unjam them. Guynemer saw his opponent's predicament, waved, and flew away. Udet wrote of the fight, "For seconds, I forgot that the man across from me was Guynemer, my enemy. It seems as though I were sparring with an older comrade over our own airfield." - Eventually, all the pilots of Jasta 15 were killed except Udet and his commander, Gontermann. Gontermann became somewhat gloomy, and remarked to Udet, "the bullets fall from the hand of God ... Sooner or later they will hit us." - Udet applied for a transfer to Jasta 37. Gontermann fell three months later, by accident, when the wing of his aircraft came off. He lingered for 24 hours without awakening, and Udet later remarked, "It was a good death." - On June 19, Udet transferred to Prussian Jasta 37. - By late November, Udet was a triple ace and Jastaführer. He modeled his attacks after those of Guynemer, coming in high out of the sun to pick off the rear aircraft in a squadron before the others knew what was happening. His commander in Jasta 37, Kurt Grasshoff, witnessing one of these attacks, selected him for command over more senior men when Grasshoff was transferred. Udet's ascension to command on November 7, 1917, was followed six days later by award of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. - Despite his seemingly frivolous nature, drinking late into the night and womanizing, he proved an excellent squadron commander. He spent many hours coaching neophyte fighter pilots, with an emphasis on marksmanship as being essential for success. - Udet's success attracted attention for his skill, earning him an invitation to join the Flying Circus, Jagdgeschwader 1, an elite unit of German fighter aces under the command of the famed Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Richthofen drove up one day as Udet was trying to pitch a tent in Flanders in the rain. Pointing out that Udet had 20 kills, Richthofen said, "Then you would actually seem ripe for us. Would you like to?" - Of course Udet would. After watching him down an artillery spotter by frontal attack, Richthofen gave Udet command of Jasta 11, von Richthofen's own former squadron command. The group commanded by Richthofen also contained Jastas 4, 6 and 10. Udet's enthusiasm for Richthofen was unbounded. Richthofen demanded total loyalty and total dedication from his pilots, cashiering immediately anyone who did not give it. At the same time he treated them with every consideration. When it came time to requisition supplies, he traded favours for autographed photos of himself that read: "Dedicated to my esteemed fighting companion." Udet remarked that because of the signed photographs, " ... sausage and ham never ran out." - One night they invited a captured English flyer for dinner, treating him as a guest. When he excused himself for the 'W.C.' the Germans fell over themselves trying to hide from him that they were watching to see if he would try to escape. On his return the Englishman said, "I would never forgive myself for disappointing such hosts." However, the English flyer did escape later from another unit. - Udet considered Richthofen as scientific in battle and cold in his combats, describing his blue eyes and the sun shining off his blonde hair. Richthofen liked to strafe enemy columns in squadron formation, both guns firing, killing large numbers. He was the first to implement the concept of the forward base. While the enemy could mount three missions a day, Richthofen could mount five. In dogfights the head-on attack found favour. - Richthofen fell in April 1918, and Udet was not at the front. He had been sent on leave due to a painful ear infection, which he avoided having treated as long as he could. While at home he reacquainted himself with his childhood sweetheart, Eleanor "Lo" Zink. Notified that he had received the Pour le Mérite, he had one made up in advance so that he could impress her. He painted her name on the side of his Albatros fighters and Fokker D VII. Also on the tail of his Fokker D VII was the message "Du doch nicht" - "Definitely not you." - Of Richthofen, Udet said, "He was the least complicated man I ever knew. Entirely Prussian and the greatest of soldiers." Udet returned to JG 1 against the doctor's advice and remained there to the end of the war, commanding Jasta 4. He scored 20 victories in August alone, mainly against the British. Udet would become a national hero with 62 confirmed kills to his credit. But he did not enjoy Richthofen's successor, Hermann Goering, and, later, privately, he would question Göring's own achievements during the war. - Udet was one of the early fliers to be saved by parachuting from a disabled aircraft. On June 29, 1918 he jumped after a clash with a French Breguet. His harness caught on the rudder and he had to break off the rudder tip to escape. His parachute didn't open until he was 250 feet from the ground, causing him to sprain his ankle. - On September 28, 1918, Udet was wounded in the thigh. He was still recovering from this wound on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, when the war ended. - Ernst Udet, a recoloured portraitBetween the First and Second World Wars, Udet was known primarily for his work as a stunt pilot and for playboy-like behavior. He flew for movies and for airshows (e.g. picking the cloth from the ground with the tip of the wing). He appeared with Leni Riefenstahl in three films: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü (1929), Stürme über dem Montblanc (1930), and S.O.S. Eisberg (1933). Udet's stunt pilot work in films took him to California. In the October 1933 issue of New Movie Magazine there is a photo of Carl Laemmle, Jr.'s party for Udet in Hollywood. Laemmle was head of Universal Studios which made SOS Eisberg, a US-German co-production. Udet was invited to attend the National Air Races at Cleveland, Ohio. - He married "Lo" on February 25, 1920; however, the marriage lasted less than three years. They divorced on February 16, 1923. It has been said that Udet had many lovers on the side. His talents were numerous - juggling, drawing cartoons, party entertainment, etc. - The adventure of Udet's life continued without pause after the war. On his way home, he had to defend himself against a Communist who wished to rip the medals off his chest. Udet and Ritter von Greim performed mock dogfights on weekends for the POW Relief Organization, using surplus aircraft in Bavaria. He was invited to start the first International Air Service between Germany and Austria, but after the first flight the Entente Commission confiscated his aircraft. These efforts were good publicity for Udet. An American, William Pohl of Milwaukee, telephoned him with an offer to back an aircraft manufacturing company. Udet Flugzeug was born in a shed in Milbertshofen. Its intent was to build small aircraft that the general public could fly. It soon ran into trouble with the Entente Commission and transferred its operations to a beehive and chicken coop factory. - The first aeroplane that Udet's company produced was the U2. Udet took the second model, the U4, to the Wilbur Cup race in Buenos Aires at the expense of Aero Club Aleman. It was outclassed, and the club wanted him to do cigarette commercials to reimburse them for the expense, but he refused. He was rescued by the Chief of the Argentinian Railways, a man of Swedish descent named Tornquist, who picked up the tab. - In 1924, Udet left Udet Flugzeug when they decided to build a four-engine aircraft, which was larger and not for the general population. He and another friend from the war, Angermund, started an exhibition flying enterprise in Germany, which was also successful, but Udet remarked, "In time this too begins to get tiresome. ... We stand in the present, fighting for a living. It isn't always easy. ... But the thoughts wander back to the times when it was worthwhile to fight for your life." - Udet's war time friends were in seemingly inexhaustible supply. He and another, Suchocky, became pilots to an African filming expedition. The cameraman was another veteran, Schneeberger, whom Udet called "Flea," and the guide was Siedentopf, a former East African estate owner. - Udet described one incident in Africa in which lions jumped up to claw at the low-flying aircraft, one of them removing a strip of Suchocky's wing surface. Udet and his crew also ventured across the Figtree Hotel, built by Lord Lovelace, and went hunting with an American named Sullivan. - Udet's Curtiss Hawk Export (D-IRIK) as on display in the Polish Aviation Museum.Though not interested in politics, Udet joined the Nazi party in 1933 when Göring promised to buy him two new US ae, Albany:: The University of the State of New York, 1951. A solid copy -- square and reasonably tight. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in gold on the spine. Laid-in are two typed letters signed by the compiler, Milton W. Hamilton, to George H. Crosbie, editor of THE AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR'S JOURNAL. Both discuss an article that Hamilton was writing about a Sir William Johnson letter. The article was scheduled to be published in the April 1952 issue of Crosbie's magazine. Sir William Johnson (1715-1774) was the superintendent of Indian affairs for British America. See DAB, Vol V, pp. 124-128. This volume of Johnson's papers covers the period September 1758 through December 1763, including the campaigns and diplomacy of the French and Indian War, Pontiac's conspiracy, settlement of the peace, Johnson's wise policies and importance in placating and controlling the Indian tribes, especially the Six Nations of Iroquois. It parallels Volume III and a part of Volume IV of the Johnson Papers, supplementing and filling out the picture of those years. Illustrated with 12 plates. This volume is also of interest to numismatists for its information on the rare Montreal Medals -- awarded in the late Spring and Summer, 1761 by Johnson to 182 Native Americans who remained loyal to him and to the British army throughout the Montreal campaign of 1760.. With 2 letters SIGNED by Hamilton.. First Edition.. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition./No jacket.. Thick 8vo. xiv, 998pp.., The University of the State of New York, 1951, Ottawa: Hunter Rose, 1870. 241 pages. 3 actual portrait photographs. A very good copy in the publisher's patterned boards. The Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III, served in Canada mainly with the Royal Fusiliers from 1791 to 1798 and was commander in chief British North America in 1799 and 1800., Hunter Rose, 1870, London: Constable, 1907. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. OVERALL VERY GOOD. LIGHT WEAR TO BOARDS AND CORNERS, SPINE LETTERING BRIGHT, OFFSETTING TO ENDAPERS, TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT. BOOKPLATES. Uncommon original edition. Edited by Reginald W. Jeffery., Constable, 1907, Richmond, ca. 1880. Original photograph, cabinet card, albumen print, 16,5 x 10,6 cm with printed signature. E. Hader pinxit. - Byrne & Co, Photographers to her majesty, Hill Street, Richmond. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Helene Friederike Auguste; later Duchess of Albany; 17 February 1861 - 1 September 1922), who became a member of the British Royal Family by marriage, was the daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (regions now in Germany) and his wife Princess Helena of Nassau (also in Germany). She was born in Arolsen, capital of Waldeck principality, in Germany. She was the sister of Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Marie, the first wife of William II of Württemberg; and of Emma, Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands (and mother of Queen Wilhelmina). Her maternal grandparents were William, Duke of Nassau and his second wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg. Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Paul was a son Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Augusta was the eldest daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, elder sister of George III of the United Kingdom. - Along with Emma and a third sister, Pauline, Helena was considered as a second wife for William III of the Netherlands. She later met with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria, at the suggestion of his mother. The two became engaged in November 1881. Leopold was actually a third cousin of Helena's grandmother Princess Pauline of Württemberg, as they were both great great grandchildren of Frederick, Prince of Wales. On 27 April 1882, Leopold and Helena married in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.[2] After their wedding, Leopold and Helena resided at Claremont House. The couple had a brief, but happy marriage, ending in the hemophiliac Leopold's death from a fall in Cannes, France, in March 1884. At the time of Leopold's death, Helena was pregnant with their second child. According to the memoirs of Helena's daughter, Princess Alice of Albany, Helena was very intelligent, had a strong sense of duty, and a genuine love of welfare work. The Queen, initially worried that Helena might turn out to be a stereotypically-remote German Princess, remarked in a letter to her eldest daughter The Princess Royal and German Crown Princess that she was pleased Helena liked 'to go among the people.' The Queen soon came to regard her young daughter-in-law with great respect and affection, notwithstanding her initial concerns upon hearing from the match-making Vicky that Helena was an "intellectual", being unusually well-educated for a Princess. Before her marriage, Helena's father had made her Superintendent of the infant schools in his principality, and in this position the Princess had devised the pupils' educational curriculum. Helena particularly enjoyed solving mathematical problems and reading philosophy: during their tragically brief marriage, Prince Leopold proudly introduced his wife to the circle of academics he'd befriended at Oxford University. Helena maintained these friendships for the rest of her life. In 1894, Helena was one of the founders of the Deptford Fund. Originally dedicated to helping find alternative work for women and girls employed in the dangerous cattle slaughter business, the Fund soon expanded, with many projects instigated to help the local community. In 1899 Helena opened the Albany Institute. This later expanded into a combined community/performance centre with the theatre venue known as the Albany Empire. A centre of 1970s anti-fascist activity and Rock Against Racism, the Empire and Institute buildings were destroyed in an arson attack in 1978. A new Albany Theatre was opened by the Princess of Wales in 1982 and the Deptford Fund continues to this day. Helena was also involved in several hospital charities and with those dedicated to ending human trafficking. During World War I, she organised much of her charity work along with that of The Princess Beatrice and Princess Marie-Louise to avoid the not-uncommon problem of conflicting (and sometimes misguided) Royal war-work projects. After Leopold's death, Helena and her two children, Alice and Charles Edward, continued to reside at Claremont House. After the death of The Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899, Helena's sixteen-year-old son, The Duke of Albany, was selected as the new heir to the German Duchy, and was parted from his mother and sister in order to take up residence there. When the First World War broke out 14 years later, Charles Edward found himself fighting in the German Army. As a result, he was stripped of his British titles by an act of Parliament in 1917. By contrast, her daughter Alice remained in England and made a marriage that made her the sister-in-law of George V's consort, Queen Mary. In 1901, it was speculated that Helena would marry Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Helena died on 1 September 1922 of a heart attack in Hinterriss in Tyrol, Austria, while visiting her son. Through her son Charles Edward, Helena is the great-grandmother of Carl XVI Gustav, the current King of Sweden. KEYWORDS:united kingdom/richmond/photo, London: William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. / His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 260pp + 38 folding plates, some in col.Three Amendments laid in. Military library marks on the front cove, edges of covers show moderate wear, otherwise a very nice, complete copy.., William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. / His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939, Published by The London Printing And Publishing Company Limited. Hardback. Fair/Poor. Fair condition with no wrapper. Volume I: Commencement of the Great French revolution to the present time: with a retrospective view of the celebrated epochs of British Military History; including Our Indian campaigns and the present expedition against Russian aggression in the East. Volume II: The History of the War with Russia: Giving full details of the operations of the Allied Armies by Henry Tyrrell. Volume III: History of England's campaigns in India and China: with a brief account of the mutiny in the Indian Army. Large format. All volumes have leather spines and corners; raised bands to spines. Marbled outer page edges. Some b/w illustrations. All front covers are barely attached; joints are mostly broken. Heavy wear to spine and corners; leather is worn. Marks to covers with browning. Damp marks to some pages inside and foxing. Vol. III - has elaborate title page MISSING. A reading copy. [S], Published by The London Printing And Publishing Company Limited, February 6, 1829.. 1829.. Very good. - sc - Quarto, 9-1/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Two-and-a-half pages. Over 180 words penned on 3 sides of a folded sheet. Herbert Taylor thanks the recipient who is caring for his brother for his letter regarding his concerns. "I cannot sufficiently thank you for your friendly & considered attention in writing to me on the 30th Jany upon the subject of the accident which unfortunately happened to my dear Brother on the 27th....". He goes on to state "I thank God that he has escaped more serious injury.... It is most satisfying to know that he is in such good hands and that he has with him so kind and attentive a friend as yourself." Signed "H. Tayor". Folded for mailing, the letter is mounted to stiff paper stock with glue along the edge of the blank verso of the last leaf. Very good. <p>The British Army officer, Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839) rose through the ranks after jointing the 2nd Dragoon Guards. He served as Aide de camp to the Duke of York, then commander-in-chief of the British Army and as Aide de Camp, Military Secretary and Private Secretary to the Marquess Cornwallis. In 1805, he became Private Secretary to the Sovereign, in service to King George III. He was the first person to fill this post. From 1811, he served as private secretary to Queen Charlotte. Returning to the field to command a brigade at Antwerp in 1813-14, he then served as Member of Parliament for Windsor from 1820-23, and Ambassador to Berlin from 1820 to 1827. He was first and principal Aide de Camp to King George IV and deputy Secretary at War. Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1828-30, he became private secretary to the new king William IV and served as first and principal Aide de Camp to Queen Victoria from 1837-39. He was Master of St. Katherine's Hospital and appointed Master Surveyor and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in 1828.<p>From the autograph collection of Mrs. Mary Ford, widow of Richard Ford who wrote the popular "Handbook for Travellers in Spain"., February 6, 1829., 1829., ca. 1880. Original photograph, carte de visite, albumen print, 10 x 6 cm. Count Karl Konstantin Albrecht Leonhardt (Leonhardt) Graf von Blumenthal (July 20, 1810 - December 21, 1900) was a Prussian Field Marshal, chiefly remembered for his decisive intervention at the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866, his victories at Wörth and Weissenburg, and above all his refusal to bombard Paris in 1870 during the siege, which he directed. Von Blumenthal was born in Schwedt, Brandenburg on July 20, 1810, the son of Captain Ludwig von Blumenthal, who was killed in 1813 at the Battle of Dennewitz. Brought up on his grandfather's estate at Reddenthin, where his uncle Gustav von Below was founding what would become the Pentecostal movement, von Blumenthal was educated at the military schools of Culm and Berlin. He entered the Guards as 2nd lieutenant in 1827. He studied at the Berlin General War School (later called the Prussian Military Academy). After serving in the Rhine Province, he joined the topographical division of the general staff in 1846. As lieutenant of the 31st foot, he took part in 1848 in the suppression of the Berlin riots, and in 1849 was promoted captain on the general staff. The same year he served on the staff of General Eduard von Bonin in the First Schleswig War, and so distinguished himself, particularly at Fredericia, that he was appointed chief of the staff of the Schleswig-Holstein army, when the previous chief of staff, Captain von Delius, was killed. In 1850, von Blumenthal was general staff officer of the mobile division under Tietzen in Hesse-Kassel. He was sent on a mission to England in that year (4th class of Red Eagle), and on several subsequent occasions. Having attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, he was appointed personal adjutant to Prince Frederick Charles in 1859. In 1860 he became colonel of the 31st, and later of the 71st, regiment. He was chief of the staff of the III. army corps when, on the outbreak of the Second Schleswig War of 1864, he was nominated chief of the general staff of the army against Denmark, and displayed so much ability, particularly at Dybbøl and the night attack on the island of Als, which he masterminded and which ended the war, that he was promoted major-general and given the order Pour le Mérite, only its 50th recipient. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, von Blumenthal was chief of the general staff to the crown prince of Prussia, commanding the 2nd army. It was upon this army that the brunt of the fighting fell, and its arrival at Königgratz saved the day. Von Blumenthal's own part in these battles and in the campaign generally was most conspicuous. At Königgratz the crown prince said to him, "I know to whom I owe the conduct of my army", and von Blumenthal soon received promotion to lieutenant-general and the oak-leaf of the order pour le mérite. He was also made a knight of the Hohenzollern Order. From 1866 to 1870, he commanded the 14th division at Düsseldorf. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, von Blumenthal was chief of staff of the 3rd army under the crown prince. Eighteen other members of his family also fought in this war, including both his sons and three nephews, of whom two were killed. Von Blumenthal's soldierly qualities and talent were most conspicuous in the critical days preceding the battle of Sedan, and his services in the war have been considered as scarcely less valuable and important than those of Moltke himself. So far as one can see, the papers make no mention of him, although he is chief of the staff to the Crown Prince and, next after Moltke, deserves most credit for the conduct of the war. ... He won the battles of Wörth and Wissembourg, and after that of Sedan, as the Crown Prince was not always interfering with his plans. He directed the Siege of Paris and resisted calls to bombard it. He also directed the operations conducted by General von der Tann around Orleans, and defended the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from interference by Moltke. In 1871, Blumenthal represented Germany at the British manoeuvres at Chobham, and was given the command of the IV. army corps at Magdeburg. In 1873, he became a general of infantry, and ten years later he was made a count. In 1888 he was made a general field marshal, after which he was in command of the 4th and 3rd army inspections. He retired in 1896, and died at Quellendorf near Köthen on the 21 December 1900. He was noted (among others by the English journalist William Howard Russell who followed him during the Franco-Prussian War) for his kindliness and sense of humour. Like the Crown Prince, Moltke and other key Prussian leaders, he had an English wife, Delicia Vyner and it was widely thought in conservative circles that this was the basis of a liberal Prussian clique. His least appreciated but arguably most important work was the development of the doctrine of Fire and Infiltration, the basis of Blitzkrieg. KEYWORDS:germany/photo, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1877. Sixth edition (but author's notes in the final three volumes point out that these are actually 4th, 4th and 3rd editions respectively). Preface for this edition in the first two volumes. Six volumes. Volume I (Origin of the War of 1853 between the Czar and the Sultan): xxxviii, 428, [2]pp; pp[2]&1-30 of publisher's list (continued in next volume). Volume II (Russia Met and Invaded): xxvi, 418, [2]pp, pp31-46 of publisher's list; 4 maps/plans (one folding). Volume III (The Battle of Alma): xxiv, 438, [2]pp; 12 maps/plans (two folding) and 2 large folding maps at rear. Volume IV (Sebastopol at Bay): xxviii, 492, [2]pp; large coloured folding view of Sebastobol as frontis, 9 maps/plans (7 folding). Volume V (The Battle of Balaclava and the combat of the following day): xx, 438, [2]pp, 8pp publisher's adverts, 10 maps/plans (6 folding). Volume VI (The Battle of Inkerman): xl, 526, [2]pp; 11 maps/plans (8 folding). The final '[2]pp' noted for each volume is a title page for that part, bound in at the end of the text. Publisher's red cloth, blind rules, lettered in gilt on the spines. Volumes I&II have a small faint white mark near the head of the spine, a touch of silverfishing along the joints of the first four volumes, but this is a little more pronounced on the fifth and even more so on the sixth. Top edges a little dusty, the others uncut; indeed most volumes largely unopened. Very clean inside. A good to very good set. *** This edition of Kinglake's history went to nine volumes. ., William Blackwood and Sons, 1877, Manchester Univ Pr. Hardcover. 0719019877 Manchester University Press; Manchester, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. 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1987, ISBN: 0719019877

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[EAN: 9780719019876], Near Fine, [PU: Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK Wolfeboro, NH, USA], BRITISH ARMY HISTORY - REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE, Jacket, Octavo. x + 280 pp, pref… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780719019876], Near Fine, [PU: Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK Wolfeboro, NH, USA], BRITISH ARMY HISTORY - REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE, Jacket, Octavo. x + 280 pp, preface, abbreviations, note on dates, introduction, 11 chapters with endnotes, appendix A: Rates of pay, Appendix B: The sizof the British corps in Flanders; Appendix C: The annual cost of the army, index. Text clean, binding tight, fr cover foreedge with a slight -bend-bump at top 1", else unworn. DJ title on front misprinted ('1698' instead of '1689'), spine color slightly faded, DJ ships in clear mylar protector. . 6.4" x 9.5" red cloth boards gilt spine lettering in tan DJ with b&w painting.<

1987, ISBN: 9780719019876

Manchester, UK Wolfeboro, NH, USA: Manchester University Press, 1987. First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. x + 280 pp, preface, abbreviations, note … Mehr…

Manchester, UK Wolfeboro, NH, USA: Manchester University Press, 1987. First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. x + 280 pp, preface, abbreviations, note on dates, introduction, 11 chapters with endnotes, appendix A: Rates of pay, Appendix B: The sizof the British corps in Flanders; Appendix C: The annual cost of the army, index. Text clean, binding tight, fr cover foreedge with a slight -bend-bump at top 1", else unworn. DJ title on front misprinted ('1698' instead of '1689'), spine color slightly faded, DJ ships in clear mylar protector. . 6.4" x 9.5" red cloth boards gilt spine lettering in tan DJ with b&w painting., Manchester University Press, 1987<