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The United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Part 1

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Henry Colburn, 1842 - Military art and science

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Contents

OF	1

The British Army Past Present and Future	15

Promotion by Purchase	28

Historical Details relative to the Military Force of Great Britain	47

Englands Wooden Walls	57

69 346	83

England and the French Press By E	101

British Arms as they were and as they are compared with	145

Letters from a Queens Officer in Birmah	318

A Chapter on Marine Architecture	346

The Slaver From the Notebook of an Officer employed against	375

Hurricane in the Bristol Channel and Perilous Situation of H M s	385

Cutter Mercury	449

Observations on the Report Aug 12 1833 of the Committee	458

Cruise in the Gulf of Corinth By a Midshipman	470

Naval Operations in the China Seas By an Officer of the Nemesis	483

The Wreck of the Wager showing the improved state of Naval	161

Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon Nos XIII XIV XV 218 325 524	185

Navy Second Series Nos III IV	228

Land Operations before Canton By an Officer of the Force con	242

On Telluric Magnetism	289

Observations upon Naval CourtsMartial and Naval Articles of	299

Sketches of the Austrian Cavalry Service By a çidevant Huszar	495

REVIEWS AND CRITICAL NOTICES 114 263 403	564

Fire at the Tower of London 120	570

Presentation of Colours to the 72nd Highlanders 409	583

Births Marriages and Deaths 142 286 446	590

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Title	The United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, Part 1
Publisher	Henry Colburn, 1842
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	24 Nov 2008

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