Walter, J (Ed) - Arms and Equipment of the British Army 1866 - Victorian Military Equipment from the Enfield to the Snider

Greenhill, London, 1986. 272 pages, numerous tables and line drawings. This book describes the weapons, equipment and accoutrements of the late 1860s when the British Army was changing its muzzle-loading rifles for breech-loaders. The book combiines a substantial part of 'Equipment of Infantry' and the drill section of 'Field Exercises and Evolutions of Infantry' published by HMSO in 1865 and 1867 respectively. Sl handling wear to red cloth boards and illustrated dj with sl sunned spine. G.