Featured battle : Drewry's Bluff

Part of American Civil War

Date : 15 May 1862

Two Union ironclads, the Monitor and the Galena, backed up by two wooden support vessels steamed up the James to attack Richmond. As they approached the partially completed battery at Drewry's Bluff the Confederate guns opened up. The wooden craft fell back, and the Monitor, after finding that she couldn't elevate her guns far enough to engage the battery, joined them. The Galena stayed for 3 hours suffering 28 hits, including 18 which went through her armour before finally limping back to join the others.

Wellington's Waterloo Allies

Andrew W. Field
Here we have a different view of the Waterloo campaign which calls into question many aspects of some previous Anglo-centric views of the battles. Using the national archives of the various nations new light has been shone on the battles at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. This corrective is useful in so much as no one saw the whole battle, every soldier, if their voice could be heard, would give a different view and that also would change as time passed, this is another view.
This book is a strong reinforcement to more recent thinking about the contribution of the non-British troops to the eventual victory. What is special and particularly valuable is an army officer’s analysis of all aspects e.g. training, equipping etc., of the various national contingents. Understanding of which goes a long way into understanding the actions of the various national contingents. This is incidentally an interesting insight into how different nations organized their army's in the Napoleonic period.
The text is well supported by maps and charts and makes clear as possible the confusion of the battle fields.
A good read which we highly recommend.

Pen & Sword Crime, 2022