The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914
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THE RISE OF RAIL-POWER
CONTENTS.
PREFATORY NOTE.
The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest
CHAPTER I A New Factor
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CHAPTER II Railways in the Civil War
CHAPTER III Railway Destruction in War
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CHAPTER IV Control of Railways in War
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CHAPTER V Protection of Railways in War
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CHAPTER VI Troops and Supplies
CHAPTER VII Armoured Trains
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CHAPTER VIII Railway Ambulance Transport
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CHAPTER IX Preparation in Peace for War
CHAPTER X Organisation in Germany
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CHAPTER XI Railway Troops in Germany
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CHAPTER XII France and the War of 1870-71
CHAPTER XIII Organisation in France
Defensive Railways
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CHAPTER XIV Organisation in England
The State and the Railways
Invasion Prospects and Home Defence
Engineer and Railway Staff Corps
Functions and Purposes
The War Railway Council
Railway Transport Officers
Volunteer Reviews
The South African War
Army Manœuvres of 1912
A Railways Executive Committee
1860 AND 1914
Railway Troops
Strategical Railways
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CHAPTER XV Military Railways
The Crimean War
American Civil War
The Abyssinian Campaign
Franco-German War
Russo-Turkish War
The Sudan
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CHAPTER XVI Railways in the Boer War
Organisation and Control
Transport Conditions
How the System Worked
The Imperial Military Railways
Repair of Railways
Military Traffic
Miscellaneous Services
Armoured Trains
Ambulance and Hospital Trains
Transvaal Railways and the War
Development of Rail Power
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CHAPTER XVII The Russo-Japanese War
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CHAPTER XVIII Strategical Railways: Germany
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CHAPTER XIX A German-African Empire
German South-West Africa
The Herero Rising
Railways in G.S.W. Africa
Military Preparations
Rail Connection with Angola
German East Africa
"The Other Side of Tanganyika"
Central Africa
The Cameroons, Lake Chad and the Sudan
The Cameroons and the Congo
Official Admissions
"Der Tag" and its Programme
The Objective of the World-War
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CHAPTER XX Designs on Asiatic Turkey
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CHAPTER XXI Summary and Conclusions
A.—Advantages
B.—Conditions Essential to Efficiency
C.—Limitations in Usefulness
D.—Drawbacks and Disadvantages
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Appendix
INDIAN FRONTIER RAILWAYS
THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
EARLIEST REFERENCES (1833-50).
WARS AND EXPEDITIONS
Crimean War (1854-55)
Italian War (1859)
American Civil War (1861-65)
Austro-Prussian Campaign (1866)
Abyssinian Expedition (1867-68)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)
Egypt and the Sudan (1882-99)
Philippine War (1898)
South African War (1899-1902)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
Mexican War (1910-13)
Crimean War (1854-55)
Italian War (1859)
American Civil War (1861-65)
Austro-Prussian Campaign (1866)
Abyssinian Expedition (1867-68)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)
Egypt and the Sudan (1882-99)
Philippine War (1898)
South African War (1899-1902)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
Mexican War (1910-13)
COUNTRIES
Australia
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
Holland
India
Italy
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
United States
AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL TRAINS
ARMOURED TRAINS
Australia
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
Holland
India
Italy
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
United States
AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL TRAINS
ARMOURED TRAINS
INDEX
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