The Portsmouth Telegraph, or Naval and Military Journal was published weekly back in 1801 and is packed with information. Naval appointments and ship movements were publicised along with letters from captains and admirals, prize money for the capture of ships and news from the fleet around the globe. Auctions were held at Taverns and Inns in Cowes, Gosport, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester where ships and cargo were sold along with properties. Punishment was severe and execution, whipping or transportation to New South Wales for stealing items such as geese and sugar was the norm.

The image to the left is an interesting article from volume one of this series. It describes a duel at twelve paces that took place between Lieutenant Minster, of the Marines, belonging to HMS Monarch, and Lieutenant Christian Laschen, of the Latona frigate, at Queenborough, near Sheerness in 1801.

The CD-ROM's in this section contain thousands of digital images from many regiments taken from books, Regimental Journals, Newspapers, etc... Spanning the period between the 1685 when King James II, wishing to put down the Duke of Monmouth rebellion, formed six new regiments of cavalry and Infantry and the Gulf War of 1992. The 1801 Naval and Military Journal also contains articles about various regiments and their activities.

The above image shows various uniforms from between 1750 and 1879 and originates from A Short History of the Royal Sussex Regiment (35th Foot-107th Foot) 1701-1926 CD-ROM.

The CD-ROM's in this section contain thousands of digital taken from Books, Royal Marines Lists, Navy Lists, Newspapers and A Naval Biographical Dictionary from 1849. Spanning the period between 1755 when the war clouds of France were gathering over Britain and the end of World War One.

The image to the left is an account from the Battle of Trafalgar from volume 2 of the series. Victory opened fire at 12.50 p.m., soon after eight Marines on her poop were killed by a double headed shot. Lord Nelson ordered Capatain C.W. Adair to disperse his men round the ship to minimise the losses. When Lord Nelson was wounded, Marines helped to carry him to the cockpit. Captain Adair was soon after killed in repulsing an attempt by the Redoubtable to board the Victory, he was struck by a musket ball in the back of his neck while standing on the gangway encouraging his men.

The CD-ROM's in this section contain thousands of digital images taken from contemporary documents, books, photographs, magazines etc... The collection features pictures of aircraft, artillerty, battleships, submarines, troops and the Navy List of August 1914.

The image to the left is the cover of the first issue of the Illustrated War News, dated August 12th, 1914.

The CD-ROM's in this section contain thousands of digital images taken from contemporary documents, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, photographs, battle orders, reports, war diaries etc...

The image to the left is a Tiger tank from The Tiger Tank a British View CD-ROM.