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Featured battle : Oberau
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 04 August 1809 - 05 August 1809
Many minor actions were fought in the Tyrol by local militias [Schützen and Landsturm companies]. They knew the ground and adopted skirmishing tactics to which the regular Saxon and Bavarian troops [and their commanders] could not adapt. Here the Allies lost nearly a third of their men including the Saxon rear-guard who were isolated and destroyed.
Featured image :
Pembroke Castle
The medieval castle of Pembroke. It was originally constructed at the beginning of the 13th century to replace an earlier wooden castle built by the Norman baron, Roger de Montgomery in 1093. It became the seat of the Earls of Pembroke and was the birthplace of the future Henry VII. Later, Pembroke was held for Parliament during the 1st Civil War but during the 2nd, in 1648, it's disaffected inhabitants declared for the King, and Cromwell was forced to besiege and reduce it. Much of his damage was resrored during the early 20th century and it is now a very impressive early medieval welsh castle.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Doolittle Raid
John Grehan & Alexander Nicoll
The Doolittle Raid is in the Images of Aviation series and images it certainly has. There are photographs of all the aircraft, all of the crews and many of the ships that took part in that historic adventure. But this book is much more than the images in that it also tells the story of the raid largely through the reports of Colonel Doolittle and others who took part in the action. The photographs are well annotated and given context by the text. In this book we have a factual introduction free from authors conjectures, what ifs and opinions and is best seen as an essential introduction to greater in depth analysis. The references and notes point to further readings should one want it.
This great story, well told and illustrated, will appeal to a wide range of reader and we highly recommend it.
Air World Books, 2020
Reviewed : 2020-04-17 09:04:35
