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Featured battle : Bronkhorst Spruit
Part of British Victorian Colonial 'Small Wars'
Date : 20 December 1880
A column of the 94th Foot were halted, ambushed and cut down by a Boer commando under Franz Joubert or their way to Pretoria. The opening engagement of the 1st Boer war, this set the tone for the rest.
Featured image :
Northumberland Fusiliers - 4th and 8th Battalion Second World War Memorial

A memorial garden dedicated to these two battalions with strong Hexham connections.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Dutch in the Medway
P. G. Rogers
Before reading this book you wonder why Seaforth would re-published a 1970 book. When you have finished it you'll say 'I'm glad they did'. The subject is one small but very important battle in the Second Anglo-Dutch war. The author places it in its historical context both the before and after. The writing style is such that reading it is easy, it is detailed enough for the military buff, but not at the expense of the general reader. The text is supported by sufficient maps and a few well chosen illustrations which includes a print of a contemporary map. The author's explanations and opinions are well supported by quotations, included in the text, from the writings of people at that time. His sources, listed at the end of the book, are many and varied.
We thoroughly recommend this book.
If you are left wanting to know more about the Royal Navy in the latter half of the Seventeenth century then 'Pepys's Navy' by J.D.Davies, reviewed elsewhere on this site, is the book for you.
Seaforth Publishing. Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2017
Reviewed : 2017-04-04 06:37:43