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Featured battle : Rietfontein
Part of The 2nd Boer War (or Three Years War)
Date : 24 October 1899
An inconclusive action, with Gen White engaging Boer forces in order to cover Brig. Gen Yule's retreat on Ladysmith. British artillery and accurate Boer rifles forced a stalemate but enough time had been gained for the retreat. Both sides claimed the day.
Featured image :
HMS Bacchante
Leander Class Frigate H.M.S. Bacchante, built in 1969 by Vickers. Disposed of 1983. Armament : Twin 4.5"" guns, 2 x 20 mm, 1 Sea cat missle system, 1 Mark 10 mortar. This vessel was disposed of by the Royal Navay and shortly thereafter commissioned in to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS WELLINGTON. She has since been decommissioned from the Royal New Zealand Navy and is laid up in the Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand, pending disposal. It is anticipated she will be sunk off the coast of Wellington, New Zealand, as an Artificial reef.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
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
Reviewed : 2020-06-15 11:04:23
