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Featured battle : Naples [Fort St. Elmo}
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 29 June 1799 - 11 July 1799
After the fall of Naples the French maintained a foothold in the province. Fort St. Elmo was in the city of Naples. A force under the command of Captain Troubridge R.N. consisted of British and Portugese marines. After a short siege the French surrendered and were taken to France in British ships.
Featured image :
English Electric Lightning F53
The classic lines of the British Lightning interceptor, which was in use across the world from the late 1950's into the 1980's. It's 'party piece' was to stand on it's tail almost from take-off and climb vertically to it's operational height and could achieve a climb rate of 20,000 ft/min. This particular example is the F53 export version which was multi-roled to provide ground-attack capability as well as interceptor..
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Roman Britain's Missing Legion
Simon Elliot
Here we have an historical detective story pursued with academic rigour. The mystery trail is that of the legio IX Hispana from its raising by Octavian in 44/43 BC to its disappearance from the historical record between 104 and 108 AD. All the plausible explanations are dealt with. The four major possibilities/probabilities are each considered both in an evidential way and speculative way. The conclusions are as precise and strong as the evidence allows. This raising and discussion of the possibilities is the substance of the book and is fascinating to follow
There are some appropriate photographs and an excellent bibliography. .To give away the conclusion would be to spoil a real detective story.
We highly recommend this book.
Pen & Sword Military, 2021
Reviewed : 2021-06-13 10:28:52
