Featured battle : Tamames

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 18 October 1809

The opinion, based on encounters to date, which the French held of the Spaniards was that they were ill-disciplined, poorly armed and mostly irregular troops. Although outnumbered two to one General Marchand, commanding the French Vl Corps in Ney's absence, expected to beat them easily. The attack by the Spanish vanguard upset the French equillibrium which they never regained.

The Global Seven Years War

Daniel Baugh
This book is no lightweight with 665 pages of really 'meaty' text and a further 81 pages of supporting notes and index. The content covers, in depth, the full nine years of the Seven Years War. The military, naval and the political aspects with their necessary interactions are well covered. The character, motivation and machinations of the leading figures are described as are the resultant effects. The book is without illustrations but has seventeen supporting maps. The narrative flows easily and logically and pages once started are difficult to put down because always there is something interesting coming next. The vast majority of the text is free from the author's opinions and comments which are reserved for the long final chapter.
A war of four continents and seven oceans in one excellent readable book.
Routledge, 2014