11 MAY 1872, Page 3

The Duke of Wellington's prize for the best essay on

Tactics has fallen to Lieutenant F. Maurice (son of the late Professor Maurice), Royal Artillery. His work is described by Colonel Hamley—a first-class authority—as an essay about which he "doubts whether any essay in any language has handled the Bab- ject with a more comprehensive and vigorous grasp, or dimmed it with more logical precision."