THE

UNITED SERVICE

MAGAZINE

AND

Naval and Military Journal.

1843. PART I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

LONDON: HARRISON AND Co., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE

CONTENTS

OF THE

FIRST PART FOR 184 3.

Naval Improvements of the Nineteenth Century. Nos. III., IV.

Steam Navigation

Dry-Rot

Letters from Dusseldorf and Bonn, during the late Prussian Re-

views (Concluded). By a Military Amateur

Sale of Naval Commissions.-Naval Officers' Pensions for Wounds

The Sea-Captain to his Craft. Stanzas. By the Old Sailor

On the Errors and Faults in our Military System. By Colonel

Firebrace :-

The Lieutenant-Colonel

The Major.-The Order of the Bath

Captains and Subalterns

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Commander-in-Chief.-Regimental Staff

England's Wooden Walls. By Joseph Allen, Esq., Author of

"The Greenwich Pensioners." No. XXIII. The Serapis

No. XXIV. The Royal Sovereign (No. I.)

Means of Secret Communication in Ancient Armies. By H. Curling,

Esq., h.p. 52nd

Military History of Jamaica: with a Glance at St. Domingo.

By Lieut.-Col. Wilkie :-St. Domingo

Curiosities of Naval Literature, Historical and Biographical.

By the Author of "The Naval Sketch-Book," (continued)

The Balance of Military Power in Europe

The Cruise of the Hurricane, or the Navy as it was. By a Tar of

the Old School

Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon. Nos. XVIII., XIX.

Wreck of the Abercrombie Robinson and Waterloo. By Mrs. Ward

The French at Fishguard in 1797

Personal Adventures and Excursions in Georgia, Circassia, and

Russia. By Lieut.-Col. G. Poulett Cameron, C.B., K.T.S.

Part II. (Continued.)

Passages in the Life of a Sailor. No. XIII., XIV.

British and Foreign Arms. Nos. V. VI.

The Present State of Affairs in Syria

Journal of the Last Three Months' Operations in Affghanistan.

By an Officer

A Historical Sketch of Military Punishments, in as far as regards

Non-Commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers. By Henry

Marshall, D.I.G. of Army Hospitals

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235, 537

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