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Featured battle : Fuengirola
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 13 October 1810
What was planned as a diversionary raid was developed into a full blown assault by the over ambitious generalship of Lord Blaney. His force was caught on the flank by a superior French division [Sebastiani's 1st Division of IV Corps]. Blaney himself, short-sighted and without his glasses rode into the French and was captured.
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19th Century British Coatee jackets
A set of Coatees and Infantry officer's hat as used by the 96th Regiment. From left to right they date from 1796-1816, a short-tailed coat from 1812, and 1829-54.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Waterloo Archive Volume III: British Sources
Gareth Glover [Ed]
Just like the first two volumes another fascinating read. There are many many books which give one the strategy, and an over view of the action in the battle, some excellent in their way. But these volumes tell us, or more correctly the men themselves tell us, about real lives of real individuals who were involved in that momentous event. If you want to know who fought Quatre-Bras and Waterloo then these volumes tell you of some of the men. We can guess that most of the others, whose voices are not recorded, had similar varied lives. Also in the three British sourced volumes there are eight superb illustrations reproduced from William Mudford's history of Waterloo published in 1817.
If you want to know the men read these books.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2011
Reviewed : 2015-02-03 20:01:50
