Featured battle : Almonacid de Toledo

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 11 August 1809

Sabastiani's Corps was withdrawn from the battle of Talavera to defend Madrid against the approaching army of La Mancha, under General Venegas. Although the French were outnumbered by at least three to two their discipline and experience made them more than a match for the Spaniards.

Into Battle with Napoleon 1812. The Journal of Jakob Walter

Jakob Walter. Edited & Annotated by Bob Carruthers
This is a re-presentation of the jounal which was first translated and published in America in 1938. Bob Carruthers has done a really good job in bringing this wonderful work up to date. His inspired selection and inclusion of the watercolours of Albrecht Adam, who witnessed many of the same events as Jakob Walter, makes the book even more enjoyable. That is if the brutal reporting of such a train of harrowing events can ever be enjoyed. The reader is left with an understanding of the life of a soldier in Russia in 1812 and thankfulness that Jakob kept a jounal. A must read.
Pen & Sword Military, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013