Featured battle : Brice's Crossroads

Part of American Civil War

Date : 10 June 1864

Union Gen Sturgis was sent by Sherman to seek and destroy Forrest's raiders. He took 3,400 cavalry and 2,000 infantry with 12 guns and a long wagon train against Forrest's 3,000 riders. When they attacked, Forrect held them with a thin skirmish line, then sent larger parties to both flanks and a third clear round to the Union rear. Sturgis was routed, sustaining disproportionate casualties and loosing 10 of the guns and the whole wagon train.

Hill 112, The Key to Defeating Hitler in Normandy

Tim Saunders
This is the story of the battle for one hill in the whole of the Normandy campaign. The content covers all layers of action from Montgomery’s strategic vision to the gritty realism of the individual soldier. Voices from both sides are heard as the positions shift back and forth over quite a small very important hill. Tim Saunders’ extensive research has produced a narrative which takes the reader as close to the truth of a battle as one can get. So close that some of the truth is not for the squeamish. The casualties on both sides were huge but the action succeeded strategically in pulling in most of the Panzer reserves to free up the American sweep to the south.
The gripping narrative is supported by an abundance of maps and a super set of photographs, as far as battle books go you could not get better.
We highly recommend Tim Saunders’ book.

Pen & Sword Military, 2022