Handbook of the Italian Army 1913

A reprint of a very rare reference work originally published by the British War Office Intelligence branch in 1913. It is a comprehensive eveluation of the Italian Army at the end of its Colonial period, just after the war with Turkey and the conquest of Libya., and on the eve of the Great War. There are extensive chapters ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY, ALL BRANCHES INCL. INFANTRY, CAVALRY, ARTILLERY, ENGINEERS, CARIBINIERI, ALPINI, BERSAGLIERI, plus a chapter on the Colonial forces in Libya, Eritrea, & Italian Somaliland., plus a chapter on tactics. 1995 Battery Press, limited edition reprint, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 222 pages, map of army distribution, in back pocket. , hard bound with gilt decorated covers.