Featured battle : Erfurt

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 16 October 1806

The Prince of Orange commanding a disparate group of units retreating from the Battle of Jena were caught by Murat's cavalry Corps. Some cavalry escaped but the remainder were taken prisoner. A few days later a column of these prisoners about 9,000 under escort of 1 battalion were freed by a squadron of Prussian Hussars.

The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943

Brendan O'Carroll
Here is another of the Images of War series from Pen & Sword. All of the others of the series have had good reviews on this site but, for me, this book stands out. The author, Brendan O’Carroll, admits that over twenty years of research went into this book. Dozens of people gave permissions, support and their stories. All of this was not in vain for here we have a superb, unique visual record of the men and their exploits. Every photograph contains more than at first meets the eye.
The Long Range Desert Group punched far above its weight and as the first of Britain’s Special Forces was a large influence on the present S.A.S. As with other books of this series there is very little text other than annotations. What text there is makes one want to read the other books on this subject by this author.
We highly recommend this book to both the browser and the ‘studier’.

Pen & Sword Military, 2020