Featured battle : Stoke Field

Part of War of the Roses

Date : 16 June 1487

The Yorkist army possibly 8000 strong included 2000 German mercenaries and 4000 Irishmen. They held a strong position with their flank on the river Trent. The Royal army numbered about 12,000 and although its over advanced vanguard was badly mauled the remainning two battles soon came into the action. The ill equipped Irish in particular were no match for the royal troops. Casualties were heavy on both sides but considerably more Yorkists were killed in the rout.

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