Featured battle : Fuengirola

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 13 October 1810

What was planned as a diversionary raid was developed into a full blown assault by the over ambitious generalship of Lord Blaney. His force was caught on the flank by a superior French division [Sebastiani's 1st Division of IV Corps]. Blaney himself, short-sighted and without his glasses rode into the French and was captured.

British Cruisers. Two World Wars and After

Norman Friedman
Wow! Another book from this author and publisher with the 'wow' factor. Lavishly illustrated with a photograph or line plan on almost every page. The text is packed with technical information, detail, and description of design, construction and application of these important ships. I read it cover to cover finding many nuggets of information on the way. e.g. One particular cruiser fresh out of dock had a range of 12,000nm; the same ship after eight months cruising was 'deep and dirty' had a range of only 8,000nm.
This book is a must for every Royal Navy enthusiast and would be of interest to the general reader. This is the kind of reference book where you find what you are looking for and are then temped to go on reading.
Highly recommended.
Seaforth publishing. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2010