Featured battle : Crossing the Medway

Part of Roman Occupation of Britain

Date : 43

The Britons had taken up a defensive position north of the river Medway. They expected the natural barrier to stop the Romans for a time while British reinforcements came up. The river was crossed, swum. by mounted auxillaries almost as soon as they reached it. The Britons were taken by surprise and reacted by swinging their whole force towards the threat. A legion then crossed the river at a different point, established a bridgehead which they were able to hold long enough for the whole of the Roman force to cross. Once the Romans were established in significant numbers the Britons fled.

The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943

Brendan O'Carroll
Here is another of the Images of War series from Pen & Sword. All of the others of the series have had good reviews on this site but, for me, this book stands out. The author, Brendan O’Carroll, admits that over twenty years of research went into this book. Dozens of people gave permissions, support and their stories. All of this was not in vain for here we have a superb, unique visual record of the men and their exploits. Every photograph contains more than at first meets the eye.
The Long Range Desert Group punched far above its weight and as the first of Britain’s Special Forces was a large influence on the present S.A.S. As with other books of this series there is very little text other than annotations. What text there is makes one want to read the other books on this subject by this author.
We highly recommend this book to both the browser and the ‘studier’.

Pen & Sword Military, 2020