VRIES, B. DE,

Het proces Bazaine naar het stenografisch verslag bewerkt door B. de Vries

Schiedam, H.A.M. Roelants, 1875, complete in three volumes, 260+515+509 pages, attractive tooled linnen binding with gilt lettering on spine, scarce, François Achille Bazaine (13 February 1811 - 23 September 1888) was an officer of the French army. Rising from the ranks, during four decades of distinguished service (including 35 years on campaign) under Louis-Philippe and then Napoleon III, he held every rank in the army from Fusilier to Marshal of France. He became renowned for his determination to lead from the front, for his impassive bearing under fire and for personal bravery verging on the foolhardy, which resulted in him being wounded on numerous occasions and having his horse shot from under him twice. From 1863 he was a Marshal of France, and it was in this role that he surrendered the last organized French army to Prussia during the Franco-Prussian war, during the siege of Metz. Sentenced to death by the government of the Third Republic following the war, his sentence was commuted to 20 years imprisonment in exile, from which he subsequently escaped. He eventually settled in Spain where aged 77, he died alone and impoverished in 1888. To the Foreign Legion he remains a hero and to this day is honoured as one of their bravest soldiers. This is the account of his trial by B. de Vries.

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N° du livre: 65279

Catalogue: Law Military history

WESTERMAN, PERCY F.,

Under the White Ensign. A naval story of the Great War

London/Glasgow/Bombay, Blackie and Son, [no date], 256 pages, illusrations by E.S. Hodgson, original illustrated blue linnen binding, no dustwrapper, some wear and tear to edges end bottom of spine, no fading, good copy of this [childrens) book about the Great War at sea. Armorial bookpla of G.A. van der Steurpreviously owned by Willem v.d. Boom, Den Bosch.

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N° du livre: 64921

Catalogue: Military history

WIJNAENDTS, H., P.H.A. DE RIDDER,

Militaire aardrijkskunde van Nederland

Breda, Koninklijke Militaire Academie,1906, 246pp. age staining throughout, original paper softcover binding, spine suffering, without the atlas. Important studybook on military geography as published for the school for officers in the Netherlands.

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N° du livre: 70190

Catalogue: Military history

WILSON, J.J.C.P.,

Beginselen der Militaire Aardrijkskunde van Nederland. No. 551. Met 36 figuren in den tekst en 3 losse kaarten.

Breda, Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 1934, ix,349pp. complete with 3 loose fold out maps, original softcover paper binding, top and bottom of spine gone, spine suffering, library stamp on front, some pencil markings in the text and margins. Very interesting treatise on military geography intended for young officers, including rail and tram, motorways, horses, mail, telephone, telegraph and radio communication, airtraffic. An appendix on navy ships. Previously owned by A. Wagenaar (handwritten in pencil on titlepage).

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N° du livre: 69447

Catalogue: Military history

WINCKEL, L.F.A.,

De militaire loopbaan van Luitenant Generaal Karel v.d. Heijden.

Utrecht, H. Honig, [1890], 179,ix pp.with photo engraved, reproduction of his portrait with sigature, original binding in very good state, clean copy.

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N° du livre: 67905

Catalogue: Biography Military history

WITHUYS, CAREL GODTFRIED,

Hollands Vlag. Uitboezeming op het vernemen van den heldendood vanJan Carel Josephus van Speyk; door C.G. Withuys.

Amsterdam, A. Zweesaardt en Johs. Guykens, 1831, 16 pages, half cloth library binding, library stamp on titlepage, minor hole in last few pages, some soiling, Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 - 5 February 1831), was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands in 1831 for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries. Written by Carel Godfried Withuys (2 May 1794, Amsterdam - 14 February 1865, The Hague) who was a Dutch writer and poet. Much of his work was patriotic in nature, especially during and after the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

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N° du livre: 67263

Catalogue: Military history

WOELDEREN, D. TH. VAN,

Brief van Ds. Daniel Theodoor van Woelderen, veldprediker bij de 2de divisie Infanterie aan den Heer Jacob Deeleman te Deventer.

Utrecht, A.W. Bruna, offprint Militaire Spectator 1916, 5pp. original paper softcover binding (loose from block) with vignette on front. The original letter was written in 1833 and concerns the death penalty of two soldiers Bersier and Ditrel (originally from Germany).

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N° du livre: 70655

Catalogue: Military history