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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Small pierced hole in front cover and first couple of pages but not really significant. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> While my historical interests have ranged far and wide one of the most abiding has been the artillery history of the great British colo nial fortresses amongst which I include Gibraltar Singapore Hong Kong and of course Malta. I have researched Gibraltar for many years and I was given the opportunity of writing a book on Hong Kong. I called this “The Guns and Gunners of Hong Kong”. My reason for putting together the guns and those who manned them was because so many of these histories concentrate on the fortifications and the armament and leave out the human aspect altogether. Beside which I am a Gunner. This book is the story of the Guns and Gunners of Malta during the British period. So that the story of the guns can be told in full the book takes into account other arms and services which provided ele ments of artillery related defence systems and therefore includes ref erence to the Royal Engineers with their searchlights mines and Brennan Torpedoes and of course to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force with which services the Gunners worked very closely per- haps more closely than any other part of the Army I have not at- tempted to record the part played by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in their use of Malta as a base from which to strike against the enemy. This went on during almost all the time when Malta was being severely attacked from the air and great credit is due to all con- cerned for the part they played in these operations. This story is not however relevant to this book and has been told elsewhere. (OS)