The Society of Army Historical Research, which was formed in
June, has already enlisted 153 members and has issued the first number of its quarterly Journal (5s. to non-members). The honorary secretary of the society is Major IL G. ParkYD..
at the Royal United Services Institution. The Journal contains some interesting papers. Colonel J. H. Leslie begins the republi- cation of a scarce Army List of 1684, issued in connexion with a review on Putney Heath. Colonel Lewis Butler prints a letter of 1758 describing the unsuccessful action at Ticonderoga, when the British troops made a confused frontal attack on the French trenches and lost heavily. General W. H. Anderson communicates a spirited letter, probably by a private of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, describing the Battle of Culloden. Mr. W. Y. Baldry begins a list of regimental nicknames, old and new, which will lead, we hope, to a study of their origins. There is plenty of work for the new Society to do, and its quarterly promises well,
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