F E Whitton (251 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, ink gift note crossed out on front endpaper, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1929 Hard Cover. 420 pp. Includes three fold-out campaign maps, frontispiece portrait of Wolfe, and three plates. A study of the life of James Wolfe, by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton, who was a veteran of the Leinster Regiment in the British army. Includes: I. France and England in North America Up to the Time of Wolfe's Birth. II. The Early Military Career of James Wolfe. III. The Situation in North America After the Treaty of Utrecht. The Fall of Louisburg in 1745 and the French Efforts to Recapture It. IV. Wolfe's Early Manhood. The Beginning of the Final Struggle for North America in 1755. V. The Seven Years' War. French Successes in North America. The Turn of the Tide. Siedge and Capture of Louisburg in 1758. VI. The Capture of Quebec and the Death of Wolfe. VII. The Surrender of Canada to the British Crown. Illustrations. Maps. "Major General James Wolfe (2 January 1727 - 13 September 1759) was a British Army Officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec in 1759. The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he had received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe where he fought during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. The advancement of his career was halted by the Peace Treaty of 1748 and he spent much of the next eight years on garrison duty in the Scottish Highlands. Already a brigade major at the age of eighteen, he was a lieutenant-colonel by the age of twenty-three. The outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756 offered Wolfe fresh opportunities for advancement. His part in the aborted raid on Rochefort in 1757 led William Pitt to appoint him second-in-command of an expedition to capture the Fortress of Louisbourg. Following the success of the Siege of Louisbourg he was made commander of a force which sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to capture Quebec City. After a long siege Wolfe defeated a French force under Marquis de Montcalm allowing British forces to capture the city. Wolfe was killed at the height of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham due to injuries from three musket balls. Wolfe's part in the taking of Quebec in 1759 earned him posthumous fame, and he became an icon of Britain's victory in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion. He was depicted in the painting The Death of General Wolfe, which became famous around the world. Wolfe was posthumously dubbed "The Hero of Quebec", "The Conqueror of Quebec", and also "The Conqueror of Canada", since the capture of Quebec led directly to the capture of Montreal, ending French control of the country.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Ex-Library, rebound in binder's library buckram, edge stamps, pocket removed, maps fragmentary, tape repaired and large sections missing, sound reading copy.

Library. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A History of Poland, From the Earliest Times to the Present day; With Maps. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Moltke. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, with lightly rubbed corners and extremities. Interior a bit toned. 322 pp., illus. w/ maps, b&w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dk. red cl., gilt lettering, pink designs, gilt dulled on backstr. Spots from frontis plate on t.p. Frontis. Foldout map. map. illus. 322pp. incl. index., sl. toned. UNREAD. Nice copy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards with light fading. Content is clean with light toning. No DJ.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Stated. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good in white covered paper covers. No markings, no bookplate. 14 page booklet, illustrated and neatly printed. An article reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine, January 1979.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. 375 pages. Corners and edges of backstrip bumped. Edges rubbed. Light soil. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stapled Covers. Condition: Very Good+. Clean.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. .This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Waterdamaged. Maps included. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Center Stapled Booklet. Condition: Near Fine. The Zulu War 1879 XXIV. Reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine January 1979. 14 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ".

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1926).SB. vi + 315pp with four maps and one illus.Published Price £22 The 40th Division began to form in September 1915, by which time the standard height for an infantry had been lowered, and one of the brigades, the 119th, consisted entirely of âbantamsâ, all from Welsh regiments (RWF, SWB and the Welsh regiment). The other two brigades were of mixed height but with a good number of bantams and these two brigades had a large proportion of unfit men and it was quite clear to the GOC and brigade commanders that a drastic weeding out programme would be necessary before the division could even begin training. This was put in hand and the author gives a good explanation of how it was done. It wasnât until June 1916 that the division was ready to go overseas, arriving in France on the eve of the Somme offensive, too late to take part in the main battles apart from the final one in November 1916, the battle of the Ancre. It fought with great distinction in capturing Bourlon Wood in November 1917 during the Cambrai offensive and holding it till relieved. In this action its casualties totalled 172 officers and 3,191 other ranks. To commemorate this achievement GHQ granted permission for an acorn and oak leaves representing Bourlon Wood to be added to the divisional sign of a diamond superimposed on the bantam cock.In May 1918 the division was one of eight reduced to Training Cadre, the battalions being replaced by Garrison Guard battalions from UK. In July the division was reorganized, the title Garrison Guard done away with, and by the end of the month the division had taken its place in the line, taking part in the advance to victory. The author, an officer in the Leinsters, was badly wounded in November 1914 at First Ypres and invalided home to staff appointments at the War Office, returning to France in July 1918 to a staff appointment at GHQ. A military historian with a number of books to his name, including the History of the Leinster Regiment, Whitton has provided a sound divisional history, relying much on personal experiences of others and on official records; there is no roll of honour nor list of honours and awards, though acts of gallantry earning awards are in the text. In all the division suffered 19,179 casualties; two VCs were awarded.