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Featured battle : Primolano

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 07 September 1796

The French advanced guard came upon a force Würmser had left to protect his line of communication/supply. Immediate frontal attacks drove the Coalition troops out of position and the French cavalry then enveloped a large part of them. In all 1,500 were captured with 5 guns.

Featured image :

HMS Bacchante

HMS Bacchante

Leander Class Frigate H.M.S. Bacchante, built in 1969 by Vickers. Disposed of 1983. Armament : Twin 4.5"" guns, 2 x 20 mm, 1 Sea cat missle system, 1 Mark 10 mortar. This vessel was disposed of by the Royal Navay and shortly thereafter commissioned in to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS WELLINGTON. She has since been decommissioned from the Royal New Zealand Navy and is laid up in the Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand, pending disposal. It is anticipated she will be sunk off the coast of Wellington, New Zealand, as an Artificial reef.

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

Featured review :

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

Reviewed : 2020-10-29 09:31:13