Vanished Armies

Yesterday's post included a copy of VANISHED ARMIES - A RECORD OF MILITARY UNIFORM OBSERVED AND DRAWN IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARS 1908 TO 1914. This is a collection of water coloured drawings and notes made by A E Haswell Miller whilst he was travelling around Europe in the years leading up to the First World War.

The book costs £20.00 and has been edited by John Mollo. It was published a few months back by Shire Publications Ltd (ISBN 978 0 74780 739 1).

The book covers the uniforms of the following countries:

• Great Britain (25 plates; 243 drawing)
• The German Empire (16 plates; 161 drawings)
• France (8 plates; 77 drawings)
• Austria-Hungary (10 plates: 97 drawings)
• Belgium (2 plates; 21 drawings)
• Holland (4 plates; 35 drawings)
• Italy (6 plates; 58 drawings)
• Portugal (1 plate; 3 drawings)
• Russia (2 plates; 10 drawings)
• Spain (6 plates; 37 drawings)
• Sweden (1 plate; 9 drawings)

Although the drawings are mainly of dress uniforms worn by European troops there are some colonial uniforms in the collection including:

British Empire

• Strathcona's Horse (Canada)
• Royal Canadian Regiment
• New Zealand Mounted Rifles
• Kaffarian Rifles (South Africa)
• Kimberley Regiment (South Africa)
• Cape Mounted Rifles (South Africa)
• Imperial Light Horse (South Africa)
• 48th Highlanders (Canada)
• Australian Light Horse
• Alberta Horse (Canada)
• New Zealand Infantry
• 72nd Highlanders (Canada)
• 5th Royal Scots (Canada)
• Australian Forces
• Canterbury Mounted Rifles (New Zealand)
• Prince Alfred's Guards (South Africa)
• Canadian Field Artillery
• 58th Vaughan's Rifles [Frontier Force] (India)

German Empire

• German South-West Africa Schutztruppe
• German East Africa Schutztruppe
• German West Africa Schutztruppe

France

• Spahis
• Zouaves
• Chasseurs d'Afrique
• Tirailleurs Algeriens
• Foreign Legion

Holland

• Colonial Troops
• West Indies Service Corps
• Marines
• Royal Dutch East India Army

Spain

• Colonial Infantry