Featured battle : Flushing [Vlissengen]

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 30 July 1809 - 16 August 1809

The number of the Franco-Dutch defenders was maintained at about 6,000 the sick and wounded were evacuated and reinforcements were sent in. The British troops were supported in the bombardment by naval ships. The total British force was too small to accomplish the task allotted to them. This was the last action of this campaign.

Waterloo Archive Volume V: British Sources

Gareth Glover [Ed]
Another superb book in this series. This one has tapped a very rich seam of material hitherto inaccessible to anyone unable to read German. Though the whole book is most interesting Appendix 2 in particular appealed to me. It records some of the 'Glorious Feats' performed by men of the KGL and Hanoverian Army. There are also some excellent reproductions of original illustrations of uniforms and 'battle' scenes. See review of Volume VI for comment on the whole series.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013