Featured battle : Kimberly, The Relief of

Part of The 2nd Boer War (or Three Years War)

Date : 10 February 1900 - 15 February 1900

Lord Roberts, forced by Cecil Rhodes to relieve Kimberly as soon as possible, sent Lieutenant-General John French and his cavalry on a wide flanking march at great speed. They brushed aside any attempt by the Boers to prevent them approaching, and broke through the besieging troops to reach the town but Roberts' cavalry were spent by the effort. Many horses collapsed with exhaustion and of the 5,000 French began the march with, only 1,500 were fit for further duty 2 days after the relief.

The Light Division in the Peninsular War 1808-1811

Tim Saunders & Rob Yuill
Our opinion of this book is best summed up by imploring the authors, Tim Saunders and Bob Yuill, to let us have volume two as soon as possible. This book about the Light Division is well focused and doesn’t drift off into writing about the wider campaign more than is necessary to tell the Division’s story. Of particular interest are the many insights into the lives of the officers and ordinary infantry soldiers between the battles. The story flows easily along the timeline from the Division’s inception to its fruition.
There are a large number of maps and photographs interspersed throughout the text. Many photographs are of the locations today which would be a big help to anyone visiting the battlefields and marching routes.
We highly recommend this book and look forward to volume two.

Pen & Sword Military, 2020