Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) Foreign Office Around 1895 the American Ordnance

Around 1895 the American Ordnance Company acquired the rights to manufacture and distribute this weapon in the Americas

co-axial mountings

on the steep verge of a deep wooded ravine

solid shot or 'common shell' —a hollow cast-iron sphere filled with black powder — was used

hull and turret details

Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) Foreign Office Around 1895 the American OrdnanceALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM KEITH DOUGLAS EDITIONS POETRY, London, 1946 The rare 1946 1st edition of Keith Douglas classic WW2 war memoir, Alamein to Zem Zem, published in London by Editions Poetry. The book is an account of the tank battles at Alamein and during the offensive that finally drove the Germans out of Africa. The Spectator later described the book as 'written in a highly charged, violent descriptive prose, powerfully contrived but sufficiently