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The library at Firepower Museum contains an eclectic collection of titles. From these, we have reproduced many standard works of reference and a particularly interesting range of memoirs from the Indian Mutiny. The Royal Artillery Museum has been open to the public since 4 May 1820, a record we believe to be unrivalled by any other military museum.

In May 2001 the collection of Artillery was moved to the new premises within the gates of the Royal Arsenal and opened under the re-badged name of "FIREPOWER, The Museum of the Royal Artillery." The museum had returned to the original home of the Regiment and indeed of the collection. The collection was founded in 1778 at the Royal Arsenal by Captain (later Lieutenant General Sir) William Congreve.

Firepower, the Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich tells the powerful and dramatic story of artillery, scientific discoveries made through warfare and human stories of courage and endeavour. The ‘ground shaking' Field of Fire audio-visual show puts you in the midst of battle as shells whiz overhead and guns roar.

The Royal Arsenal was one of the most important centres in the world for munitions manufacture and until recently was a well kept secret from the public. Many of the guns and carriages on display were made in the Arsenal, making it a significant part of the local heritage. Together with uniforms, drawings, diaries and medals bring together some 700 years of world artillery history.

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NERY, 1914: THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN 4TH CAVALRY DIVISION ON THE 31ST AUGUST AND THE 1ST SEPTEMBER

Brilliant account of the apparently minor chance encounter between German and British cavalry, supported by artillery, famous for the action in which L Battery won three VCs and the honour title ‘Nery’. in August- September 1914, which, the distinguhed author Major A.F. Becke argues, in fact a...

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REGULATIONS FOR THE EXERCISE OF RIFLEMEN AND LIGHT INFANTRY AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR CONDUCT IN THE FIELD (1814)

British army manual for riflemen in the Napoleonic Wars giving a wealth of information on firing, infantry tactics, bugle calls etc. Rare and invaluable.

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AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE REDUCTION OF LOUISBOURG IN JUNE AND JULY 1758

Contemporary account of the successful 1758 British amphibious operation to besiege and destroy the French fortress of Louisbourg in Novia Scotia during the Seven Years War

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38TH (WELSH) AND 33RD DIVISIONS IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS OF THE GREAT WAR

An account of the operations of the 38th and 33rd Divisions from the first week of October 1918 to the armistice.

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MUTINIES IN RAJPOOTANA

In this personal memoir the author sets out to remedy the lack of any record of the mutinies in Rajputana so that historians of the future will have a reference when studying and analysing the Indian Mutiny

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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ZULU WAR. NARRATIVE OF THE FIELD OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE ZULU WAR OF 1879

Official 1881 British account of the 1879 Zulu war compiled by the War Office and the basis for all subsequent studies. Indispensible for all serious students of this legendary conflict.

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JENA TO EYLAU THE DISGRACE AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE OLD-PRUSSIAN ARMY

A Prussian military man’s account of the low point of Prussia’s long struggle with Napoleon at Jena - and of the beginnings of its recovery at Eylau the following year.

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FIVE YEARS IN TURKEY

War memoirs of Liman von Sanders, the German General who brilliantly commanded the Turkish defence at Gallipoli in 1915 , before being defeated by Allenby in Palestine. Written while a post-war PoW ol the British in Malta.

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BELGIANS AT WATERLOO (With Translations of the Reports of the Dutch and Belgian Commanders)

Regarded as the most important study of the Belgian troops at Waterloo.

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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY FROM THE INDIAN MUTINY TO THE GREAT WAR: VOLUME III CAMPAIGNS 1860-1914

A record of the campaigns in which the Royal Artillery took part between 1860 and 1914, in India, China, New Zealand, Canada, Africa and, in some detail with appendices, the S African War.

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