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• A miraculous victory obtained by the Right Honorable, Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, against the army under the command of the Earl of Newcastle at Wakefield in York-shire of the enemy there was taken prisoners, Generall Goring, Sir Thomas Bland, 2 colonells, Sergeant Major Car, 13 captains, 1500 souldiers, 27 colours of foot, 3 cornets of horse, 4 lieutenants, 15 ensignes, and 1 cornet, 4 peeces of ordnance, all their ammunition, and a great number of armes, with the losse of 7 common souldiers. Sent in two letters to the Honorable, W. Lenthall, Esq., speaker in the House of Commons. Also a letter of great consequence, which was found in Generall Gorings chamber, which was sent to him by his father the Lord Goring. ([London] : Printed for Edw. Husbands, May 29. 1643), by Ferdinando Fairfax Fairfax, Thomas Stockdell, and George Goring Norwich (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A miraculous victory obtained by the Right Honorable, Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, against the army under the command of the Earl of Newcastle at Wakefield in York-shire: of the enemy there was taken prisoners, Generall Goring, Sir Thomas Bland, 2 colonells, Sergeant Major Car, 13 captains, 1500 souldiers, 27 colours of foot, 3 cornets of horse, 4 lieutenants, 15 ensignes, and 1 cornet, 4 peeces of ordnance, all their ammunition, and a great number of armes, with the losse of 7 common souldiers. Sent in two letters to the Honorable, W: Lenthall, Esq; speaker in the House of Commons. Also a letter of great consequence, which was found in Generall Gorings chamber, which was sent to him by his father the Lord Goring. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that publique thanksgiving be too morrow the 28. of this instant May, given in all the churches and chappells of London, Westminster, Borough of Southwark, suburbs and places adjacent for the great and good successe it hath pleased God to give the forces under the command of the Lord Fairfax, at the taking in of Wakefield; and that the letters relating that good successe, be read in the said churches and chappels. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. ([London] : May 27. Printed for Edw. Husbands, 1643), by Ferdinando Fairfax Fairfax and Thomas Stockdell (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• A list of provincial words in use at Wakefield in Yorkshire; with explanations, including a few descriptions of buildings and localities (J. R. Smith; [etc., etc.], 1865), by W. S. Banks (page images at HathiTrust)

• Uniformen des belgischen Heeres (Bruxelles : Libraire, Kiessling et Cie, 1893., 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Stories from Froissart (London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1899), by Jean Froissart, ed. by Henry John Newbolt, illust. by Gordon Browne (page images at Florida)

• Ping Shu ji (Shanghai Chen shi, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Yan jiao ji wen (Shanghai Chen shi, 1824), by Rucheng Tian (page images at HathiTrust)

• Les quatre campagnes militaires de 1874 : les Japonais à Formose, les Français au Tonkin, les Anglais à la Côte-d'Or, les Hollandais à Sumatra, suivi de la traite des coulies à Macao. (M. Lévy frères, 1875), by Edmond Plauchut (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les armées de la civilisation (Calmann-Lévy, 1876), by Edmond Plauchut (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nederland-Ambon (1898-1921) (Balai Poestaka, 1924), by Lambertus Franciscus Gent (page images at HathiTrust)

• A [sic] exact and true relation of the battell fought on Saturday last at Acton, between the Kings Army, and the Earle of Essex his forces.: With the number that were slain on both sides. Also, a true relation of the taking of the Earl of Middlesex, Sir Kellam Digby, and the Lord of Dorsets son, on Saturday the 12. of Nov. at Mile-end-Green, in a coach, coming to view the works. Sent from the Army from one Master Bourn an officer under Colonell Hollis. (London : Printed for Tho: Cook, Novemb. 14. 1642), by Nehemiah Bourne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Constitution and by-laws of the Adrian Cadets of the city of Adrian. Organized September, 1873. (Hart & Lantz, printers, 1873), by Adrian Cadets (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constitution and by-laws of the Adrian Light Guard : Co. B, 1st Inft'y, M.N.G. (Times Book and Job Print, 1894), by Adrian Light Guard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Letters of a once Punjab frontier force officer : to his nephew giving his ideas on fighting on the north west frontier and in Afghanistan (Sifton Praed, 1925), by J.P. Villiers-Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frontier and overseas expeditions from India (Government Monotype Press, 1907), by India. Army. Intelligence Branch (page images at HathiTrust)

• Prolonged Wars: A Post-Nuclear Challenge (1994), ed. by K. P. Magyar and Constantine P. Danopoulos (PDF at dtic.mil)
• Seymour Vandeleur, Lieutenant-Colonel, Scots Guards & Irish Guards (W. Heinemann, 1906), by F. I. Maxse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guerras de África en la antigüedad : lecciones históricas y de doctrina militar tomadas de los mejores textos conocidos y publicadas a expensas del ministerio de la guerra a instancia del teniente general marqués de San Roman (Imprenta del cuerpo administrativo del ejército, 1881), by Crispin Ximénez de Sandoval (page images at HathiTrust)

• L'Afrique équatoriale; récit d'une expédition armée ayant pour but la suppression de la traite des esclaves. (Hachette, 1880), by Samuel White Baker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Au Soudan français : souvenirs de guerre et de mission (Calmann Lévy, 1891), by Marie Étienne Péroz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guerras de Africa en la antiguedad; lecciones historicas y de doctrina militar tomadas de los mejores textos conocidos. (Impr. del Cuerpo Administrativo del Ejercito, 1881), by Crispin Ximénez de Sandoval (page images at HathiTrust)

• Portuguese riverine warfare 1961-1974 (Hailer Publishing, 2007), by John P. Cann (page images at HathiTrust)

• Evolutions and Revolutions: A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa (2005), ed. by Martin Revai Rupiya (PDF with commentary at issafrica.org)

• The romance of soldiering and sport. (Cassell, 1925), by James Willcocks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Épopées africaines (Librairie académique Perrin, 1913), by Albert Ernest Augustin Baratier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Épopées africaines (Perrin, 1918), by Albert Ernest Augustin Baratier (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rückblick auf die militairischen und politischen verhältnisse der Algérie in den jahren 1840 und 1841 (J.F. Hammerich, 1845), by Waldemar Rudolf Raasløff (page images at HathiTrust)
• La prise de Bône et Bougie, d'après des documents inédits (1832-1833). (Berger-Levrault, 1898), by Ernest Cornulier-Lucinière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettres d'un soldat : neuf années de campagnes en Afrique (E. Plon, Nourrit et cie, 1885), by François Joseph Lucien de Montagnac and Élizé Louis de Montagnac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le général de La Moricière : sa vie militaire, politique et religieuse (J. Dumaine, 1874), by Émile Keller (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'Algerie en 1840-1848 (E. Plon, 1876), by Henri Fabre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les guerres d'Afrique depuis la conquête d'Alger par les français jusqu'a la pacification générale ... (Renault, 1857), by Jules Ladimir (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campaña de Argel. (Impr. de la Viuda é Hijos de Gorchs, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bordj-Bou-Arréridj pendant l'insurrection de 1871 en Algérie : journal d'un officier (Plon, 1873), by commandant Du Cheyron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les chroniques algériennes; mémorial d'un soldat. (Lemerre, 1865), by Julio Milès (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historique du 1er régiment de zouaves. (Berger-Levrault et cie, 1882), by E Descoubès (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les interprètes de l'armée d'Afrique : (archives du corps) (A. Jourdan, 1876), by Charles Féraud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Souvenirs militaires d'Afrique (E. Causin, 1861), by Henri Fabre (page images at HathiTrust)

• Der oberelsässische Winterfeldzug, 1674/75 und das Treffen bei Türkheim. (J.H.E.Heitz, 1904), by Gustav von Kortzfleisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Précis des opérations des armées du Rhin et du Jura, en 1815 : suivi du siége d'Huningue et de l'insurrection de Strasbourg, dirigée par le sergent Dalouzi, plus connu sous le nom de général Garnison. (Baudouin frères, 1819), by M. Bulos (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le drapeau (Librairie Chaix, 1909), by Albert Trombert (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hē hypochōrēsis tou Sorovits. (G.D. Phexē, 1914), by Soph Pharmakidēs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Serviços administrativos na campanha do sul de Angola em 1914-1915. (Edição do "Boletim de administração militar", 1921), by José Ribeiro da Costa Junior (page images at HathiTrust)
• A questão do Cuanhama : sul de Angola (Typ. Universal, 1906), by Eduardo da Costa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apontamentos para a historia da campanha d'Africa (Tip. Brigantina, 1896), by José Freire de Mattos Mergulhão (page images at HathiTrust)
• A campanha do Bailundo em 1902 (Typ. da Livraria Ferin, 1903), by Cabral de Moncada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Em legitima defesa : resposta ao livro (1a. edição) do Exmo. Snr. Conselheiro Cabral Moncada intitulado A campanha do Bailundo (Viuva Tavares Cardoso, 1904), by Teixeira Moutinho (page images at HathiTrust)
• Batalhão de marinha expedicionario a Angola, ano 1914-1915 (Tip. de J.F. Pinheiro, 1918), by Fernando d'Oliveira Pinto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apontamentos para a historia da campanha d'Africa (Tip. Brigantina, 1896), by José Freire de Mattos Mergulhão (page images at HathiTrust)

• Constitution and by-laws of the Porter Zouaves, of the city of Ann Arbor. Organized September, 1868. (Dr. Chase's steam printing house, 1868), by Porter Zouaves (page images at HathiTrust)

• Estudio de historia militar de Chile (Impr. del Ministerio de guerra, 1907), by Fabio Galdámez L. (page images at HathiTrust)

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