Featured battle : Donauwörth [The Schellenberg]

Part of The War of the Spanish Succession

Date : 02 July 1704

The Allies arrived outside the fortress of Donauwörth in the afternoon of the 2nd July much to the surprise of the Bavarian defenders. Marlborough ordered an immediate attack on the outer strong points of the defences. This had the effect of pulling many men from the central positions in Bavarian defences. This achieved Marlborough then attacked the central positions and drove a wedge between the two parts of his opponents forces. By 20.15 hrs the fortress had fallen and the town of Donauwörth fell soon after. The allies had secured a major bridge across the Danube.

The Light Division in the Peninsular War 1808-1811

Tim Saunders & Rob Yuill
Our opinion of this book is best summed up by imploring the authors, Tim Saunders and Bob Yuill, to let us have volume two as soon as possible. This book about the Light Division is well focused and doesn’t drift off into writing about the wider campaign more than is necessary to tell the Division’s story. Of particular interest are the many insights into the lives of the officers and ordinary infantry soldiers between the battles. The story flows easily along the timeline from the Division’s inception to its fruition.
There are a large number of maps and photographs interspersed throughout the text. Many photographs are of the locations today which would be a big help to anyone visiting the battlefields and marching routes.
We highly recommend this book and look forward to volume two.

Pen & Sword Military, 2020