<p>Described by its author as &lsquo;a useful little treatise&rsquo; this book simply and clearly written and intended for&nbsp; study by &lsquo;soldiers and subalterns&rsquo; is an exposition of the tactics to be used defending outposts. Opportunely published on the eve of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny &ndash; which both featured the tactics it expounds in sieges and storming fortifications &ndash; this timely treatise is also beautifully illustrated with drawings and diagrams.</p>