Featured battle : Saafeld

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 10 October 1806

Prince Louis positioned his Prussian-Saxons with the unfordable Salle river at their backs. Lanne's [V Corps] rapidly assessed the situation and decided he could handle Louis without support. While he pinned the Prussian-Saxon front with energetic skirmishing he brought his lead division to turn their right flank and drive them into the Saale. Prince Louis was killed leading a desperate cavalry charge to retake the Saale river bridge. No more than half the French force had been in the action which destroyed the Prussian-Saxon force and gained the valuable river bridge.

Elizabeth's Sea Dogs and their War against Spain

Brian Best
In Brian Best’s book we have all that the title promises. Taking only 185 pages to cover such a rich history it is necessarily a potted account of all the major figures and events. That said we have a really good cover to cover read which doesn’t leave one feeling short changed although it does arouse interest enough to want to explore particular aspects further. Every reader will get something from this book which provokes interest; for me it was the chapter on Military Elizabethans, the men who fought on land and sea.
The text is complemented with some appropriate illustrations and a brief bibliography.
We commend this book as one to settle down with and enjoy.

Frontline Books, 2021