Military

Alan Rogers describes how the Welsh fortresses founded by the English King were ‘outlying strongholds thrust into the heart of enemy country.’

Geoffrey Powell describes how, while Napoleon occupied Holland, the British seized the Dutch bases in Ceylon.

Having climbed from partisan leader to king of armies, Brian Boru eventually established himself as the first monarch of a consolidated Ireland.

Although the Roman soldier might worship many gods, writes Colin Martin, the State religion was an integral part of every military establishment.

C.G. Cruickshank describes bows and fire-arms in the early sixteenth century.

Geoffrey Powell profiles the Praetorian Guard. This corps d'elite, first established on a permanent footing by Augustus, played a powerful part in the history of imperial Rome.

The first of two articles by C.G. Cruickshank describing logistics and pageantry in the reign of King Henry VIII.

Henry I. Kurtz describes how subduing the Indians of the Plains was one of the chief tasks of the United States Army after the close of the Civil War.

S. G. F. Brandon describes how the Roman legate faced the problems of a Jewish Revolt.

Oliver Warner questions whether Calder's reprimand for his action with the French in 1805 was just.