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Official training instructions for 13 Infantry Bde, by Bde Maj Thomas Herbert Shoubridge, on the employment of fire, musketry training, and fire and movement. 9pp.

Summary by Thompson Capper, Commander 13 Infantry Bde, of the report on 'Army manoeuvres, 1910', notably on lessons learnt with regard to higher command; command of detached brigades with regard to reconnaissance and security; communication between commands, arms and units; administration of supplies with an emphasis on mechanical transport; the use of railways; medical services; marching and discipline. 7pp.

Report of the Commission Appointed by Act of Parliament to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia, together with a separate report by Commander J Wedgewood (HMSO, London, 1917). 1 vol.

Diaries and letters of officers of Indian Staff College visiting the Manchurian battlefields in 1907' (Simla: Government Central Branch Press), including contributions from Thompson Capper, and circulated by the Division of the Chief of Staff. 1 vol.

Notebook and correspondence relating to the employment and dismissal of Major Berkley Vincent from his post as professor at the Staff College, Quetta, much against the wishes of Thompson Capper, who resigned his post in consequence. The notebook contains transcripts of telegrams and correspondence between Capper, Vincent, the ambassador and General Douglas Haig, Chief of General Staff, India, and there are also two original letters to Capper from Vincent and Haig, all compiled for a review of Vincent's case. 1 vol and 20pp.

File of material, compiled by Thompson Capper, relating to an incident in British Somaliland in which the neutral British Camel Corps engaged a Dervish party, strictly against orders from the Acting Commissioner, resulting in the death of the Commander, Mr Corfield, 9 Aug 1913, including a map of North-West Somaliland compiled by the Intelligence Div of the War Department on a scale of 1:1,000,000, 1901; two copies of a map of North-West Somaliland compiled by the Topographical Section, General Staff, on a scale of 1:250,000, 1905; a printed pamphlet entitled 'Correspondence relating to affairs in Somaliland', (Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling and Son Ltd, 1913), and annotated by Thompson Capper; notes by Thompson Capper arguing that the situation in which the commander was placed was impossible, due to the political difficulties with which the British Government was faced, [1913].

Notes on military aeronautics presented to the Army Council by John Edward Capper, to aid them in the assessment of necessary expenditure on the service, notably on the number of aircraft and airships required; equipment and workshops required for their upkeep; the quantity of hydrogen required both annually and as a reserve for war; personnel requirements for peace and war time. 17pp.

Rough notes by Thompson Capper, taken at a discussion held at the Staff College, Camberley, during an exercise requiring the participants to draw up a scheme for a war in South Africa between the British and the combined forces of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Includes a covering note by Capper explaining the origin of the notes. 5pp.

Rough notes by Thompson Capper entitled 'Lessons from Manchurian War' (Russo/Japanese War, 1904-1905) mainly taken from printed sources. 6pp.

Rough notes by Thompson Capper entitled 'Intelligence', showing the layout of an intelligence report for a scenario of hostilities involving Canada and America. 2pp.

Deductions from accounts of night attacks during the Manchurian War (Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905), with examples' (Simla: Government Central Branch Press), by Thompson Capper as Commandant of Staff College, Quetta, and circulated by the Staff Duties Branch of the Division of the Chief of Staff. Two copies. 2 vols.

Copy chart showing the extent, duration and the circumstances of the fall of various empires through history, compiled by Thompson Capper. 1p.

Notes on the French operations in Marocco (Morrocco), 1907-8', compiled by the General Staff at the War Office. 1 vol.

Rough notes by Thompson Capper on Basutoland, South Africa, possibly for a teaching exercise on the annexation of the area. 1p.

Notes by Thompson Capper entitled 'Simple rules for ammunition supply', based upon extracts from the Attaché's reports of the Manchurian War (Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905), which he quotes. 3pp.

Brief note by Thompson Capper concerning medical arrangements with the advanced guard. 1p.