[Dover Easter Manoeuvres, 1892.] Printed orders for the Volunteer Tactical Field Day at Dover, Easter Monday, 1892.' With printed map.

Author: 
Dover Easter Volunteer Manoeuvres, 1892, under Major-General Lord William Seymour, South-Eastern Division; Colonel J. C. Russell; Colonel J. B. Stirling; Colonel H. Kingscote
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[No place [Dover, England]. [18 April] 1892.]
£250.00
SKU: 15764

Both orders and map are in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ORDERS: Headed 'Volunteer Tactical Field Day at Dover, | Easter Monday, 1892.' 8pp., 8vo. Stitched. The first two pages list: Headquarter Staff; Umpire Staff (Umpire-in-Chief, The General Officer Commanding South Eastern Division); Attacking Force (Commanding - Colonel J. C. Russell); Defending Force (Commanding - Colonel J. B. Sterling); Railway Staff Officers. The third and fourth pages carry tables for the Attacking and Defending Forces. Pages 5-8 give the 'District Orders' by 'H. Kingscote, Colonel, A.-A.-G.', numbered 1-17. At the end of the final page is a 'Memorandum of Instruction'. MAP: 42 x 33.5 cm. On scale of 12 inches to 1 mile. Showing the disposition of the 'South London Brigade', 'Reserve Brigade' and 'North London Brigade Defending Force', in front of Fort Burgoyne (near Broad Lees Farm and between Dover and Walmer). 'The Easter Manoeuvres' were announced in The Times, 2 April 1892. No other copy traced on COPAC or WorldCat.