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Featured battle : Nive
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 09 December 1813 - 13 December 1813
Wellington's assault on the strong French positions defending Bayonne was successful on the 9th pushing Soult further back towards Bayonne. Hope's corps was within 6 miles of the city by nightfall. The dispositions of the British was disrupted by rivers and ravines, and the nature of the countryside was very broken. Soult concentrated to make two counter attacks on the 10th. Both were held, but only just, by very determined defenders. A final French effort on the 13th faltered after initial gains because Wellington had sorted his internal lines of support, Soult withdrew.
Featured image :
Mine clearing M1A1 Abrams MBT
A good shot of a specialist mine clearance tank of the 2nd Armoured Cavalry Rgt. Taken after the Battle of 73rd Easting, some slight damage to the barrel shroud can be seen which was the result of a direct hit by a mortar round. The officer in the desert camouflage (2nd right) is Colonel L. Holder, Commander of the 2nd ACR during Desert Storm.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Rome at War, Caesar and his Legacy
Gilliver, Goldsworthy & Whitby
A 3 part work covering Caesar's Gallic wars, his civil war, then a study of late Rome in 3rd to 7th centuries
Osprey, Essential Histories, 2005
Reviewed : 2011-09-30 00:00:00
