The first recorded use of shrapnel by the British was in 1804 against the Dutch at Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam in Surinam
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The stiff card cover is in good condition
Roy Cross (1924-2024) was a British artist and aviation journalist
Notes From the Front -Part III (1915) Aluminium Ring Dial The first recorded use ofNOTES FROM THE FRONT Part III and Further Notes on Field Defences The General Staff, G. H. Q. War Office, 1915 Printed by H. M. S. O., London, 1915 The February 1915 edition of the WW1 British General Staff publication, Notes From the Front Part III and Further Notes on Field Defences. This booklet includes the latest information on developments in trench warfare, including German tactics, rifle and bayonet, frostbite, enemy ruses, espionage,