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Featured battle : Montecalvo

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 07 May 1800

While the Austrians advanced along the coast towards France the French rearguard under General Cravey did not retreat quickly enough and was cut off from its main body. 1,500 men were captured by the Austrians.

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19th Century British Muskets

19th Century British Muskets

Shown here are a pair of muskets used by the 96th Regiment during the 19th Century. On the left is the classic 'Brown Bess' smooth-bore flintlock musket used by the British in various forms from the 1720's into the 1840's. It had a .75inch calibre. On the right is the more modern Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled percussion musket. It was considerably more reliable and accurate, fired a .577inch minié round, and was used in the Crimean War.

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

Featured review :

The Trafalgar Chronicle, New Series 4

Ed. Peter Hore
The Trafalgar Chronicle is the journal of The 1805 Club which publishes new research into a broad range of subjects connected with the Georgian navy. This edition, new series 4, edited by Peter Hore, contains twenty-one articles many of them with an American interest but with a wide range of subject matter. Among the articles is the intriguingly titled ‘Nelson was an Irishman’, as well as articles on ‘Sin Bo‘suns’, the oldest Admiral of the Fleet ever with a naval service of 96 years, and ‘Jack Punch’ the one black post-captain of the period. The subjects of the non-biographical articles include privateers, the balloon, carronades, the battle of St. George’s Cay and the Russians on the Tagus. I could go on to list all the articles as I enjoyed everyone.
The book is beautifully produced with some rare appropriate illustrations, and extensive references. A rather nice touch are the brief biographies of the contributors.
Every article is well written, extensively researched, informative and a joy to read. We highly recommend it to both expert and layman alike.

Seaforth Publishing, 2019

Reviewed : 2020-01-14 14:15:33