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Featured battle : Sacile
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 16 April 1809
Prince Eugène, in the hope of snatching a quick victory, did not wait for all his forces to come up before launching his attack against a slightly superior Austrian force. The French centre and right were pinned by the Austrian VIII Corps while their IX Corps drove in his left Flank. Eugéne was thrown back over the Livenza. The Austrians did not follow up strongly.
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HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible moored alongside the Portsmouth quayside. The first of the Invincible class light carriers, she saw service as the flagship in the Falklands war 1982.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The BEF in France 1939-1940
John Grehan & Martin Mace
A most interesting compilation of some of the despatches sent by the senior Army and Naval commanders involved. Here presented is the raw material, the facts, as they were seen at that time by those people without the benefit of hindsight to enable them to make any adjustments to the narrative. The material covers some of the initial deployment of the BEF and its eventual evacuations from around Dunkirk and Cherbourg. Warmly recommended with the reservation that one needs either a very good knowledge of the geography of northern France or a large scale map to hand.
Pen & Sword Military, 2014
Reviewed : 2014-10-31 20:01:21
