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(a.) On Parts I.—Y. of the “ Operations of War,” excluding the details of 
the movements recorded in Chapter iii., Part Y. 
(A) On the Physical Geography of France, the German Empire, Holland, and 
Belgium. 
Maps in good atlases' and articles in geographical dictionaries will 
furnish all the information necessary for answering questions 
under this head. A knowledge of the details of the ramifica¬ 
tions of mountain systems, or of small tributary river basins, 
will not be required. 
(c.) On the Campaign of the first German Army in the North of France, 
from the advance of the Army to the Somme, 16th November, 1870. 
Only the period from the 1st January, 1871, need be. studied in 
detail. Questions on the previous part of the Campaign will be 
confined to the main incidents, the principal movements, and 
their object. 
Sketch Maps of the Theatre of War and of the Battlefield of St. 
Quentin will be supplied at the examination to the candidates. 
The Campaign is narrated in the under-mentioned sections of Major 
Clarke’s authorised translation of the Franco-German War, 
1870-1, Sec. XIY., price 4/-; Sec. XY., price 2/6 ; Sec. XVII., 
price 3/-. The analytical index (price 1/6) to the translation, 
compiled by Colonel Lonsdale Hale, will be found useful. 
Books Recommended for the Staff College and 
Promotion Examinations. 
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MAJOR EDEN BAKER, R.A. 
[Always follow the Syllabus in the Queen’s Regulations closely.'] 
MILITARY LAW. 
Lieutenants. —Army Annual Act, 1892. 
Military Law, by Lieut.-Col. Pratt. 7th edition. 1892. 
Army Act. Part II. 
Reserve Forces Act, 1882. 
Captains, in addition to the above :— 
Army Act. Parts III., IV., Y. 
Militia Act, 1882. 
FIELD FORTIFICATION. 
Instruction in Military Engineering. Yol. I., Part 1, 1888 (omit fougasses 
and large inundations). N.B.—A new edition is now in the press. 
Manual of Elementary Field Engineering (omit Sections 12 to 15, 18, 20). 
Defence and Attack of Positions, by Colonel Schaw. 3rd edition. Head 
chapters 5, 7, 8 and 9. 
Infantry Drill, 1889. 3 to 6 hours’ breastwork, Plate XLII. 
