Information and intelligence governs how wars are fought on the ground, and this issue examines the topic. The Hidden Hand: Espionage and Napoleon, by Dave Hollins - looks into the employment of spies by the French Emperor. Michael Garlock's Battlefield Signalling in the Roman Army investigates Roman standards and bugles. 'With Brave Hearts and Bright Weapons' Mark Henry looks at the US China Relief Expedition of the Boxer Rebellion. There is an account of the military history of East Timor by René Chartrand. Norman Frank looks at Nieuport and Albatros aces, intelligence gatherers on the Western Front. Simon Dunstan describes how the lack of intelligence put a British peacekeeping unit in Bosnia in a dangerous position.