Featured battle : Bard Castle

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 19 May 1800 - 02 June 1800

The garrison held out against at least 3,500 besiegers [exact figures not known] who were reinforced by verteran troops of the old Army of the Orient. For the length of the siege Napoleon was unable to move his supply train and artillery passed this obstacle. At least 1,000 French were killed or wounded and a considerable number of powder wagons were destroyed. Only after a number of breaches were made did Captain Bernkopf capitulate. All surviving Austrians were taken to France as prisoners of war.

Ships of the Royal Navy

J J Colledge, Ben Warlow & Steve Bush
Revised and updated this is the fifth edition of this superb work of reference. The names and significant information about every Royal Navy ship from the Fifteenth century up until those under construction today. There is sufficient introductory information to allow the reader to understand the necessarily abbreviated text. Even so this is a large book of nearly 500 pages with a rough estimate of 15,000 ships names. Also included are the Royal Australian, Canadian and New Zealand navies. As an aside even some people who are just curious about names can find that there are nine ships which have been called Magpie, nine called Penguin and thirty-one called Sparrow.
This is a must have book for anyone with an interest in the Royal Navy.
Very highly recommended.

Seaforth Publishing, 2020