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Featured battle : Ulundi
Part of British Victorian Colonial 'Small Wars'
Date : 04 July 1879
The final battle of the Zulu war as the Zulus defended their capital. The assembled 20,000 Zulu warriors were, however, no match for the modern weaponry and artillery of the Colonial troops, and the 17th Lancers turned defeat into a rout.
Featured image :
Roman Cornicen and Legionary
The "Cornicen" (horn player) carried and played the large curved horn used for signalling in a similar way to the bugle of later armies. As an officer, he wears a more flamboyant uniform including and animal skin headdress. Members of the Ermine Street Guard.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Pilot Cutters Under Sail
Tom Cunliffe
Not only an authorative review of the development of these special craft but a social history of a 'special' working group. There is plenty of well researched 'meat' for the specialist but it is so well written as to be accessible and to be enjoyed by the interested reader. Some previous knowledge of small boat sailing is helpful otherwise read the last two chapters first. Although it could be a 'coffee-table book' once started I found it difficult to put down.
Seaforth Publishing, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013
Reviewed : 2013-12-20 19:57:26
