THE BOOKS OF PETER C. SMITH

VICTORIA'S VICTORIES; Seven Classic Battles of the British Army 1849-1884.

Foreword by David G. Chandler, Head, Department of War Studies, Sandhurst.

H/B(1) (ISBN 0 946771 17 0) H/B (2) USA Edition (ISBN 0 946771 17 0) H/B(3) Australian Edition (ISBN 0 7195 4425.

Seven fierce battles fought by the armies of Queen Victoria, resplendent in their scarlet uniforms against enemies of the crown all over the world which resulted in the spread of the British Empire. The battles selected are - Goojerat in India; The Alma in the Crimea; the Taku Forts in China; Magdala in Abyssinia; Ulundi in South Africa which finally crushed the Zulu hordes; Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt and the famous night march; and Tamaii in the Sudan against the fanatical Dervishes.

Profusely illustrated by contemporary colour paintings, drawings, sketches and cartoons, this book is a tribute to the men who with guts, courage and the bayonet, who took on a wide variety of opposing armies and superior numbers and beat them all!