Military

After service in the Russo-Japanese War, writes Norman Saul, the Aurora helped to secure the Bolshevik triumph in Petrograd.

The powers of American Riflemen were underestimated by the British Government, though not, writes John Pancake, by observers in the field.

The Boers, writes R.F. Currey, made a paramount gain during the peace that followed the South African war.

R.W. Davies describes the life of the other ranks in the Roman armed services, as recorded in surviving letters.

Patricia Wright describes how the French arrival upon the Upper Nile caused an international crisis.

Sergius Yakobson describes the victor in the struggle for power within Russia, a Tsar who guided the medieval Russian state into modern times.

In 1572, writes S.F.C. Moore, Brill was the scene of a dramatic action in the Dutch revolt against the rule of Spain.

On both sides, writes David Mitchell, during three years of conflict, political passions ran high.

At Toulon, writes Stephen Usherwood, the Royal Navy first became deeply involved in the affairs of the French Revolution.

Many German professional soldiers, writes F.L. Carsten, were staunch opponents of the Nazi regime.