Featured battle : Mincio River

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 25 December 1800 - 26 December 1800

Since the early July armistice the Austrians had held the line of the Mincio river. The French Army of Reserve, since Napoleon's departure for Paris commanded by Brune, broke the line. The Austrians fell back eastwards over the river Adige. Two days later the armistice was renewed.

Salamanca 1812. Wellington's Year of Victories.

Peter Edwards
A high level of research is presented in a most readable way. The book has a pervading quality in its insights which can only come from an experienced 'military mind'. Throughout the author uses appropriate and varied selection of original text providing both colour and veracity. The maps are few and lacking in detail, in Further Reading the author recommends Ian Robertson's Atlas of the Peninsular War which I would have found most useful in this case. That said however this book is difficult to put down once started and thoroughly recommended.
The Praetorian Press, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013