Two Essays On Military History, Strategy, and Tactics: Mountain Warfare (1909) …
Wilkinson Dent Bird
Read by David Wales
One essay (1909) lays out tactics for mountain fighting, focused on British Army experience on the Indian frontier (Afghanistan), penned by a British officer who fought in that conflict, Wilkinson Dent Bird. The other essay (1917) focuses on the British navy in World War I written by an author who specialized in British naval strategy and history, John Leyland. - Summary by david wales (3 hr 30 min)
Chapters
| Mountain Warfare: Some principles of frontier mountain warfare; General conside… | 26:33 | Read by David Wales |
| Mountain Warfare: Action of the advanced and rear-guards, and of road picquets;… | 23:04 | Read by David Wales |
| Mountain Warfare: Camps; Protection of line of communication; Defence of post | 13:56 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: Duties and responsibilities of the sea service | 18:55 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: The centre of sea-power | 17:34 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: Sweeping the enemy from the oceans | 13:22 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: The grasp of the Mediterranean: Sea and land power | 13:35 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: Dealing with the submarines; The navy and the mine | 29:55 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: The navy and army transport; The navy that flies | 27:20 | Read by David Wales |
| British Navy: Officers and men of the navy; What the British navy is and what i… | 26:30 | Read by David Wales |