tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post3046384956916813754..comments2024-03-28T12:19:54.572+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Battle in Africa (2nd Edition)Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-34466440106968380612021-06-13T10:27:47.538+01:002021-06-13T10:27:47.538+01:00Mycenius (John),
I bought mine via Amazon (https:...Mycenius (John),<br /><br />I bought mine <i>via</i> Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Africa-Operational-Tactical-1879-1914/dp/B094T625D3/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623576235&sr=1-14). It is available in printed and Kindle formats.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-22261993784531095292021-06-13T09:33:14.166+01:002021-06-13T09:33:14.166+01:00Bob, I can't see this list on John Curry's...Bob, I can't see this list on John Curry's site, but can see Paddy Griffith's ACW reprint...?<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JohnMyceniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953750748303074391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83206757168905732092021-06-11T15:48:45.424+01:002021-06-11T15:48:45.424+01:00Guy,
I don’t think that you’ll be disappointed if...Guy,<br /><br />I don’t think that you’ll be disappointed if you do.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-34549960750810637142021-06-11T11:38:27.365+01:002021-06-11T11:38:27.365+01:00I do have this one and I will have to dig it out a...I do have this one and I will have to dig it out and have a re-read.<br /><br />Guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-70351907583389470682021-06-10T22:22:08.496+01:002021-06-10T22:22:08.496+01:00AlFront,
Cheers! I am hoping that John Curry will...AlFront,<br /><br />Cheers! I am hoping that John Curry will republish Paddy’s book in the not too distant future.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-1103919240573876732021-06-10T21:28:22.398+01:002021-06-10T21:28:22.398+01:00Thanks for the 'heads up' on these, especi...Thanks for the 'heads up' on these, especially the Battles in Africa one. Very timely for me.AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-88976928038883085512021-06-10T19:29:34.171+01:002021-06-10T19:29:34.171+01:00Lexi,
It also happened with a couple of Osprey bo...Lexi,<br /><br />It also happened with a couple of Osprey books about the Red Army … although I found them before I bought replacements.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83610549879375620452021-06-10T19:27:19.125+01:002021-06-10T19:27:19.125+01:00I hate it when that happens...I hate it when that happens...Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987222911784049361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-85772688229745846882021-06-10T15:24:02.302+01:002021-06-10T15:24:02.302+01:00Lexi,
Both books are excellent, and they have val...Lexi,<br /><br />Both books are excellent, and they have valued places on my bookshelves. I 'lost' my copy of BATTLE IN AFRICA a couple of years ago, and ended up buying another copy <i>via</i> eBay. The day it arrived, I found my original copy! It had fallen down the back of a cupboard, and it was not until I had to move the cupboard that I found it again!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-82398721048257998262021-06-10T14:25:54.641+01:002021-06-10T14:25:54.641+01:00I have both of these, they are excellent and I alw...I have both of these, they are excellent and I always find something of interest. I lent my colonial edition many years ago to a friend and never got it back (he died suddenly). A few years ago I went to Warfare at Reading and to my surprise found another copy which I snapped up instantly. The diagram and explanation of different distances when firing and the casualties inflicted at different ranges in the Africa book are very useful.<br />Regards LexiLexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987222911784049361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-59890786823286911212021-06-09T15:29:30.457+01:002021-06-09T15:29:30.457+01:00Steve8,
If you haven’t already got a copy of the ...Steve8,<br /><br />If you haven’t already got a copy of the original book, it is well worth thinking about buying a copy of the latest edition.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60349345545730201542021-06-09T15:28:14.770+01:002021-06-09T15:28:14.770+01:00Arthur1815 (Arthur),
I agree. I think that a BATT...Arthur1815 (Arthur),<br /><br />I agree. I think that a BATTLE IN THE AGE OF NAPOLEON would have been a bestseller … and it’s a pity Paddy never wrote it. Perhaps you might like to take up the challenge one day …<br /><br />The comic-book style was very accessible, especially to younger readers, and you are right, they would have been an ideal model for history textbooks. The new edition looks far more serious, even though the text seems to be unchanged.<br /><br />I new that Peter Dennis had illustrated other work, but never knew that he had provided drawings for Latin textbooks … a subject close to my heart since I discovered that one of my forebears wrote ‘Corderii Colloquiorum Centuria Selecta: Or, a Select Century of Cordery's Colloquies’!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-64880360495342149892021-06-09T14:18:48.641+01:002021-06-09T14:18:48.641+01:00“Sounds of grumbling and the movement of change fr...“Sounds of grumbling and the movement of change from the Pacific North West.”Steve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-17276494423555525992021-06-09T13:26:28.475+01:002021-06-09T13:26:28.475+01:00Bob,
I have the ACW book and think it a splendid ...Bob, <br />I have the ACW book and think it a splendid introduction to the subject; I recommended it to any of my pupils (or their parents) interested in that war. My one regret is that Paddy and Peter never produced a Napoleonic Wars version - that would surely have been a best-seller.<br /><br />Whilst it's good that Battle in Africa is being republished, I can't help but feel it a shame that the 'comic-book' style of the original has been sacrificed. To me the clever integration of pictures and text made the books perfect for educational purposes; they should have become a model for history textbook publishers, but the niche market at which they were aimed probably meant they 'slipped under the radar.'<br /><br />Before he became famous for his military illustration, Peter Dennis did line drawings in a similar style for a series of Latin textbooks called Disce Latinum which I used in my teaching career and still possess.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Arthurarthur1815https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333670394529977263noreply@blogger.com