ARQUEBUSIER - The journal of the Pike and Shot Society (Pat Wingfield, 14 Wentworth Drive, Crofton, Wakefield, W.Yorks. - £3.OOp per annum bi-monthly magazine). In addition to the usual features contains articles on Robert Blake; 16th Century Turkish Army; The Hussite Military System; The Battle of Auberoche 1345 (interestingly yet another of the Battles which I have already written up as a wargame in my forthcoming book WARGAMING THE PIKE AND SHOT PERIOD); Skirmish at Rotheram English Civil War plus book and figure reviews, etc.
BATTLEFLEET - Magazine of the Naval Wargames Society (W.E.McKenzie, 16 Hugo Road, London N19 5EU - 12 issues per year £1.75p subscription). One of the leading magazines for the Naval wargamer, contains reports on recent Naval Wargames; Questions and Answers column; The Trent Incident; Naval Wargames in the Sailing Ship period and other features.
BULLETIN of the British Model Soldier Society -_ No.4. (Quarterly - annual subscription C3-OOP J.Ruddle, 22 Priory Gardens, Hampton, Middlesex). Not much specifically for wargamers but plenty of photographs and details of military modelling; Flat Figure Review; Toy Soldiers; British Military Museums.
THE BULLETIN of the Military Historical Society. (J.W.F.Gaylor, 7 East Woodside, Bexley, Kent DA5 3PG. £3.OOp per annum - quarterly). A Short History of the Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry; Service Stripes; Impressment for the Army 1779; Book Reviews, Notes, etc, plus Index XXI-XXV 1970-75.
GUIDON - (Published quarterly by the Miniature Figure Collectors of America - PO Box 311, Haverford, PA, U.S.A. 19041). Articles on The Military Miniature and Model Guide to London (an American visitor's list of places and shops of interest which even told me something!); Paper Soldiers; reviews of Military Books and Prints plus numerous photographs of model soldiers.
MILITARY AFFAIRS - October 1975. (Published for the American Military Institute by the Department of History, Kansas State University. $100 per annum - overseas members add $1. Kansas State University, Manhatten, Kansas 66506, U.S.A.) High quality military articles such as The U-2 Incident Re-examined; The Conciliation of Insurgency - The Sudanese Experience; Japanese Treatment of Prisoners in 1904-5; Theory and Practice in Confederate Military Administration; Mexican Army Officers 19th Century; The Warsaw Uprising 1944; The "Second Front" and American Fear of Soviet Expansion 1941-43; plus excellent reviews of military literature, books, models, etc.
MILITARY MODELLING - January 1976. (35p per month - bookstalls). Well illustrated as always, contains features on Clubs, new kits, models, books, etc., plus articles on British Submarines; Model trees for Dioramas; The Uniform Information section; a review of the latest plastic kits; Prussian Uniforms in Turkey and the Holy Land 1898; British Cavalry Regiments - The 10th Hussars 1854; Details _of the Collection of 1:76 scale Arab-Israeli A.F.V's; Modelling American Civil War personalities; Napoleonic Artillery Uniforms. Includes free Directory of Clubs.
SWORD AND LANCE (30p bi-monthly, 38 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, Co.Durham). In addition to Club news, book and figure reviews, etc., contains articles on The Danish Army Napoleonic Period; Converting figures; Soldiers of Pharaonic Egypt; Austrian Armies of the Napoleonic Wars; Aerial Wargaming World War I; British Army Uniforms from Scarlet to Khaki; Boardgames reviewed.
WAR MONTHLY - No.24. (45p - bookstalls). Articles on "Big Week" 1944 (Allied bombing World War II); The Falaise Gap in 1944; Cambrai 1917; 105mm Gun; HMS Warspite; Retreat from Burma.
WORLD WAR 2 JOURNAL - July-August 1975. (Bi-monthly $1.50; Graphics House Ltd., 218 Beech Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201, U.S.A.) Now A4 size and well produced with numerous maps, black-and-white line drawings and photographs. Contains articles on Fighting in Russia 1942; Action off Koh Chang (naval warfare World War II); The Messerschmitt Me 262; M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle; American Assault Guns of "orld War II; Modelling aircraft cockpits; Making a model of the German Maus heavy-weight tank; Anti-Partisan Forces of the Third Reich; plus reviews of books, models, etc. A good magazine for the World War II enthusiast.
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