LOUIS EDUARD NOLAN AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE BRITISH CAVALRY by H. Moyse-Bartlett 8 3/4 x 5 1/2", 272 pages, 6 illustrations, 7 maps and diagrams. Leo Cooper. £ 4.20 Perhaps one of the best known names arising from the last 200 years of British military history is Nolan - a Captain who, by the actions immediately preceding his death, achieved a fame denied to many generals and field-marshals. First in the book "The Reason Why" and then in the excellent film "The Charge of the Light Brigade", now in this latest publication, Louis Nolan's actions at Balaclava on 25th October 1854 have become a colourful part of the pageant of the British Army. Not only does this excellently written and highly informative book discuss the controversial background to his impetuous action that probably sent the Light Brigade on its breathless charge but it also provides a most authoritative picture of military life in the first half of the 19th century. Those Horse and Musket wargamers who delight in sending their cavalry dashing across the wargames table will find some invaluable information about horses and their riders, their capabilities and limitations. Oddly, the Editorial page picture in the September edition of Wargamer's Newsletter was actually of David Hemmings in his role as Captain Nolan in the film "The Charge of the Light Brigade". After reading the book, it would seem that he played the role most realistically. BRITISH MILITARY TRANSPORT OF WORLD WAR II Including Post War Vehicles by C. Ellis and D.Bishop. 8 x 5 1/2", 177 pages, 178 coloured illustrations. Blandford Press. £ 1.25 This must surely be one of the literary bargains of the year, written by that well known writer Chris Ellis and illustrated by Denis Bishop. Chris Ellis seems to have solved the problem of perpetual motion in that he turns out books at such a fantastic rate that he leaves no modern wargamer with the slightest excuse for ignorance on any aspect of military vehicles. This book is well up to the standard of his previous efforts and not only containsexcellent coloured illustrations but a very comprehensive description of the vehicle in question. I fail to see how the publishers have managed to put out such an excellent hard cover book at such a low price. BELLONA MILITARY VEHICLE DATA Number Eight contains full-page photographs, drawings and the most technical description of the following vehicles - Austin K5 3-ton General Service (UK); Diamond T981 12-ton M.20 (UK); Dodge T222 D15 15-cwt General Service (Canada); Leyland 'Retriever' 3-ton Stores (UK); Albion FT 15N Tractor Field Artillery (UK); Ford FT15 15-cwt General Service (Canada); Dodge Ambulance T214 34--ton (UK); Ford 40,2H 15-cwt Light Warning (UK) and Thornycroft 'Nubian, TF/AC4/1 3-ton General Service (UK). GERMAN ARMY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA 1933-1945 by Brian L. Davis. 10" x 7 1/2", over 350 illustrations with a colour section. Arms and Armour Press. £ 4.25 This beautifully produced book contains just about all that the World War II wargamer needs to know about the German Army. The majority of the illustrations are contemporary photographs which have obviously been selected most painstakingly and many of them have never before been published. They show both the issue uniforms and non-standard variations set against a background of authentic service conditions and the book justifiably claims that "the search for the photographs led the author into formerly untouched archives where the value of the illustrations, often showing equipment in use in circumstances sometimes not previously known or proven, was not hitherto appreciated." In keeping with everything that Arms and Armour Press put out, this book could well become a very much thumbed and authoritative work on the German Army 1933-1945. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 117 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com