Philip Warner left Cambridge in 1939 and joined the Army at the outbreak of war. He served until 1945, mainly in East Asia. Subsequently, he became Assistant-Principal in H.M. Treasury, lectured for the British Council in Spain, and a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was well known as a military historian and among his published works are ‘Sieges of the Medieval Ages’, ‘The Medieval Castle’ and ‘The S.A.S. 1941-71’. He was also author of all the titles in Osprey’s ‘British Battlefields’ series.Michael Youens is a skilful artist who has illustrated a number of titles in the Men-at-Arms series . His work includes Men-at-Arms 37: 'The Army of Northern Virginia', Men-at-Arms 31: '30th Punjabis' and Men-at-Arms 28: 'The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars'.