Featured battle : El Arish

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 14 February 1799 - 20 February 1799

On the night of the 14/15th February Reynier attacked part of the enemy which were camped outside the fortress. About 600 Mameluke, Turkish and Bedouin cavalry plus 1,200 Albanian infantry were driven off with 450 killed and wounded and 900 captured. The garrison of Mamelukes, Albanians and Moroccans held out for a while but then surrendered. 750 were killed or wounded, the remainder were taken into the French army. The largest French losses were occasioned by their own mortar fire.

British Cruisers. Two World Wars and After

Norman Friedman
Wow! Another book from this author and publisher with the 'wow' factor. Lavishly illustrated with a photograph or line plan on almost every page. The text is packed with technical information, detail, and description of design, construction and application of these important ships. I read it cover to cover finding many nuggets of information on the way. e.g. One particular cruiser fresh out of dock had a range of 12,000nm; the same ship after eight months cruising was 'deep and dirty' had a range of only 8,000nm.
This book is a must for every Royal Navy enthusiast and would be of interest to the general reader. This is the kind of reference book where you find what you are looking for and are then temped to go on reading.
Highly recommended.
Seaforth publishing. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2010