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Typescript narrative of the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands, Sep 1944 by 'Parachute Sapper'. 11pp.

Copy of letter from Lt Col Michael Lubbock, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, 1 Armoured Bde, to his parents, notably on the Greek countryside and people, and the evacuation of the British army from Greece. 6pp.

Davidson's account of the withdrawal of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to Dunkirk, starting on 26 May 1940 and the problems caused by the French troops blocking routes that the BEF had been allocated for the retreat to the coast. With map of Lille-Ghent area, GS 4042, War Office 1942, scale 1 inch to 3.945 miles, and two tracings illustrating the stages of the withdrawal. 1 file

SEAC Souvenir, Part 2', newspaper-format account of the Burma campaign, produced by SEAC. 1 item.

‘The Camp David papers’ an account of events at the Camp David Summit, 11-25 Jul 2000, by Akram Hanieh, editor of the Palestinian Al-Ayyam newspaper and adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004. The account was originally serialised in the Al-Ayyam newspaper and has been translated from Arabic. Some manuscript annotations.

Manuscript notes by Brig David Alan Laurance Mackenzie, commanding 32 Indian Infantry Bde, to Gracey describing an operation to capture Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma. 4pp.

Description of the largest aeroplane in the world under construction. Typed carbon 2 p

Historia magazine reprint of report on the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Viaduct, originally printed in Deuxième Guerre Mondiale: La Guerre des Espions, 'Le viaduc de Gorgopotamos', in French. 1 item

13 Tank Bn. Typed. 184 pp

2 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 54 pp

[1st Tank Group]. Duplicated. 2nd Tank Group. 81 pp

3 Tank Bde. 57 pp

Brig-Gen A. Courage. 5 Tank Bde war experiences. Signed. Typed carbon. 3rd Tank Group. 55 pp

Lt-Col commanding 8 Tank Bn. War experiences. Typed, including aerial photo and diagrams. Bayonvillers, edition, Field Survey Co RE (3789) 18 Jun 18. Trenches corrected to 24 Jun 18, approximate British front line 22 Jun 18. Scale 1: 20,000. Area Corbie - Morcourt and Seuilly - le-Sec - Bayonvillers. Marked to show Hamel offensive Jul 1918, 4 Australian Div, 8 Tank Bn and 13 Bn. Printed. 62 pp + map:

Privately printed book, ‘Special Operations Executive, 1940-1945: papers of Colonel George Frances Taylor’, by Jeremy Taylor (son), written for the family, with information drawn from the papers and from additional historical research. Includes three photographs of Taylor.

Papers from Chater's service as Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps, relating to invasion of British Somaliland by Italian forces, including manuscript narrative by Chater entitled, 'The Italian conquest of British Somaliland', and translated diary by Giorgio Becucci, 1 Italian Motor Cycle Group, entitled, 'My War Diary', Jun 1940-Aug 1940, describing Italian invasion of British Somaliland, forwarded to Chater by Lt Col D Dickinson, General Staff, Intelligence. 17pp.

Typescript History of 4 Bn 17 Dogra Regt by Lt Col Edward Barron Colson, Officer Commanding 4 Bn 17 Dogra Regt, covering movements from Imphal, India, the crossing of the Irrawaddy River, Burma, through Kyaukse, Burma, to Wanetchaung, Burma, and stationing of 4 Bn 17 Dogra Regt in Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam). 2 copies. 31pp.

Bound typescripts accounts of the relief of Bergen Belsen concentration camp, 1945, possibly by P J [Horsey].

Account of the relief of the siege of Kimberley 11-15 Feb 1900 written by Lt Col Brigg, Brigade Major to Col James Redmond Patrick Gordon's brigade. Manuscript, 8pp

Typescript account by Maj Christopher Montague Woodhouse on the role of the British in the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Viaduct, 24 Nov 1942. 1 item