Featured battle : Ath

Part of The War of the Spanish Succession

Date : 16 September 1706 - 22 September 1706

Initial light screening of Ath began on the 16th September. Overkirk, as at Ostend, was given the command of the seige while Marlborough covered him with the main army at Leuze. The trenches were begun on the 20th and in spite of strong sorties especially on the 27th the seige progressed. On the 28th three sectors of the covered way were taken. On the 1st October the Governor sought terms, none were granted and the Garrison surrendered as prisoners-of-war on the 2nd October.

The Badges of Kitchener's Army

David Bilton
This book has the wow! factor. Packed full of information, a real reference gem.
In its 351 pages, the badges of sixty nine infantry regiments are covered with explanatory text and over a thousand illustrations. Also, oft neglected, Divisional and Brigade badges are included. Every one of the illustrations of badges and of men wearing them is an original photograph. The text, often as an annotation to a photograph, is fully informative and where the author doesn’t have the necessary knowledge he says so. I rather fear that, after his thirty years research, if David Bilton doesn’t know then it is unlikely that the knowledge is anywhere to be found.
This book will be of interest to many people from the person with a passing interest to the most knowledgeable collector. I defy anyone who picks it up intending to look at one regiment to put it down with out looking at a few more.
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Pen & Sword Military, 2018