PARKER'S MILITARY MANUALS, 



OR 



PORTABLE LIBRARY FOR OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. 



The following Works are already Published. 

 On Military Geography ; its Nature, Object, 



and Importance. By Col. J. R. Jackson, F.R.S. &c. 2s. %d. 



Contents.— Definitions of Physical and Military Geography; of Strategy and 

 Tactics. Base of Operations. Climate, Roads, Frontiers, Mountains, Marshes, 

 Fords, &c, &c, in relation to Military Operations. Of the Sea as a means of Trans- 

 port, &c. National Character. Of the Military Value of Railroads, &c, &c. 



Opinions from Marshal Saxe, Bulow, Jomini, General Vaudoncourt, Okounef, 

 Lloyd, the Arch-duke Charles, &c, together with numerous historical examples. 



The Military Topography of Continental Eu- 

 rope. From the French of Lavallee. Edited by Colonel J. R. 

 Jackson, F.R.S. , &c. 8s. 



The following heads, into which the description of a single " Slope" 

 is subdivided, will give an idea of the detailed nature of the contents. 



Slope of the French Region to the English Channel. 1. For- 

 mation. 2. Encircling Heights. 3. Cote-d'or. 4. Mountains of the 

 Meuse. 5. Plateau of Argonne. 6. General Aspect. 7. Coast. 8. 

 Principal Islands. 9. Jersey. 10. Guernsey. 11. Alderney. 12. Saint- 

 Marcouf. 13. Forts and Defences of the Coast. 14. Streams to the 

 West of the Seine. 15. Course of the Seine. 16. Paris. 17. Natural 

 Defences. 18. Fortifications. 19. Of the Seine on leaving Paris. 20. 

 Affluents on the Left. 21. On the Right. 22. Summary of the Basin of 

 the Upper Seine. 23. Streams to the North of the Seine. 24. Political 

 Divisions. 



Descriptions of the Hispanic, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, and 

 Scandinavian Regions, are given in the same close way. The Alpha- 

 betical Index, containing several thousand Names of Places, was 

 compiled by Colonel Jackson, and renders the book a Military Gazet- 

 teer of Europe. 



The Three Arms, or Divisional Tactics of 



Decker ; Translated and Abridged, by Major Inigo Jones, Prince 

 Albert's Own Hussars. 4s. A New Edition in the Press. 



Arentschildt's Out-Post Duty for Cavalry. 2s. 

 A Tabular Arrangement of Battalion Drill. 



By Major Trowbridge, 7th Royal Fusiliers. Printed on Cloth and 

 Folded in a Case. New Edition. 5s. 



A Manual of Light Infantry and other Mili- 

 tary Duties. By John Sinnott, Lieut, and Adjt. 47th Regiment. 4s. 



A Manual of Position Drill, with 20 plates, Is. 6d. 



The Subaltern's Check Book. 25. 6d. 



The Law relating to Officers in the Army. By 



Harris Prendergast, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 6s. 6d. 



July 1851. 



