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Featured battle : Buena Vista

Part of American-Mexican War

Date : 22 February 1847 - 23 February 1847

The American commander, Zachary Taylor, with 4,800 men attempted to hold a defensive position against Santa Anna's Mexican army 15,000 men. The Americans made great use of mobile artillery batteries. The battle was only won when Taylor committed his last reserves and rode onto the battlefield himself. Santa Anna retired from the fray leaving at least 3,700 dead to the American's 746.

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Chesters Roman Fort, Barrack block

Chesters Roman Fort, Barrack block

The best preserved set of Roman 2nd century cavalry barracks on Hadrians wall can be seen at Chesters. Here the row of mess rooms can be seen, which faced a matching set across a paved street and fronted by a veranda. The officers quarters would have been at the far end of the row.

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

The Irish Guards in the Great War

Rudyard Kipling
Not a lot of military history books could be better than the war diaries and personal correspondence of the First battalion of the Irish Guards written up by Rudyard Kipling with style. Although narrowly focused on this relatively small group of men it is essentially about every soldiers war. This is because it gets down to the minutiae of single men, section and platoon actions. The sweep of strategy and the grand plans are for other places. The text is well supported with illustrations and maps.
I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone seeking a full understanding of the Great war.
Spellmount Ltd., 1997

Reviewed : 2017-02-24 12:28:11