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Featured battle : Gross-Ramig
Part of French War of the Third Coalition
Date : 08 November 1805
The relentless pursuit by the French [Davout's III Corps] had worn down the Austrians. Their morale was very low and they were short of ammunition. Nearly half the force surrendered to the French.
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Marston Moor - Cromwell's Plump

The small clump of trees at the highest point of the ridge where the Parliamentarian forces lined up before the Battle of Marston Moor. It is thought to be where the Commanders surveyed the Royalist forces to decide their battle plan. Even though Lord Fairfax was the Commander in Chief, the point is known as Cromwell's (or Oliver's) Plump.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
With Napoleon’s Guard in Russia - The Memoirs of Major Vionnet 1812
Louis Joseph Vionnet. Translated & Edited Jonathan
A book I finished reading wanting more of the same. I suspect desperate hunger, numbing cold and the struggle to keep his troops together caused Major Vionnet to make few notes from which these memoirs were constructed. Jonathan North has written an excellent introduction, especially the Peninsular War background to the regiment, and there is an appropriate selection of maps and illustrations to support the text. He has also used other personal accounts to broaden the perspective and add detail. My one minor complaint is that the many footnotes are gathered at the end of the book. If, like me, you always read footnotes, and these are most helpful, then having them on the relevant page is so much more convenient. This book is about detail having a broad overview of the Russian campaign, while not essential, is most useful.
With only a little imagination the reader will gain insights into the hell which engulfed and killed so many of Napoleon’s troops in the retreat from Moscow. And crucially how some of the survivors survived.
Pen & Sword Military. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2012
Reviewed : 2013-02-25 00:00:00