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Featured battle : Jammersberg Drift (Wepener), siege of
Part of The 2nd Boer War (or Three Years War)
Date : 09 April 1900 - 25 April 1900
De Wet attempted, unsuccessfully, to crush a British and Cape Colonial force but 16 days of fighting produced no decision and de Wet withdrew in the face of a large relief force.
Featured image :
A Parliamentarian Musketeer
A member of the Tower Hamlets Trayned Band showing how a Civil War musketeer would have been armed. He has a matchlock musket of the period, with a rest, and the match (a piece of slow-burning fuse used to light the priming powder which in turn ignited the main charge) held ready in his left hand, away from the breech. He wears a buff coat of stout leather as his only armour since mobility and flexiblity were of more use as a musketeer than metal cladding. Across this he had a set of powder charges for the musket, and on his other flank (not in picture) he would have a short sword for close up protection although often the butt of the musket itself would serve the purpose well.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Pepy's Navy. Ships, Men and Warfare 1649-1689
J D Davies
As my Grandfather used to say when finishing a meal 'Well that's filled a gap!' This excellent book will fill a gap on many bookshelves covering, as it does, a fascinating period of naval development. It is well researched, beautifully illustrated and written in an easily read manner. By all means read it from cover to cover as I did but it will be found just as enjoyable if the reader dips in at any section. For anyone following through any themes in the history of the navy there is a bonus in that the author has tried to follow the layout of Brian Lavery's seminal work Nelson's Navy in order to compare and contrast the navy in these two significant periods of its history.
This book is an impressive piece of work and is thoroughly recommended
Seaforth publishing. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2008
Reviewed : 2016-10-25 19:11:41
