Military Heritage Magazine

Features:
MIRED IN THE TRENCHES
By Victor Kamenir
The new U.K. volunteer army went into combat in great numbers for the first time
at the Battle of Loos—and saw the first British use of poison gas.
CAVALRY CLASH AT THE HOOK
By Joshua Shepherd
The feared Loyalist dragoons of the British Legion plundered the farms of Virginia
with impunity, but an unexpected midmorning encounter left them pitted against
elite French Hussars.
ROMMEL IN THE DESERT
By David H. Lippman
Afrika Korps General Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel found fame in North Africa.
BROWN’ S BLOODY ABOLITIONIST CRUSADE
By Eirc Niderost
From “Bleeding Kansas” to Harper’s Ferry, abolitionist John Brown was a major figure
in the tide of violence sweeping the nation toward civil war.
OPERATION LORRAINE: FRENCH TRY
TO REGAIN TERRITORY IN VIETNAM
By John E. Spindler
In the rugged terrain of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap and the
Viet Minh prove to be an effective and elusive opponent during
Operation Lorraine as colonial forces struggle to hold French
Indochina.
DEATH OF AN EMPIRE
By David A. Norris
With the siege of Carthage in the Third Punic War,
Rome finally destroyed its rival in the Mediterranean.