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Featured battle : Parma

Part of The War of Polish Succession

Date : 29 June 1734

In a drawn out struggle lasting the whole day, the French and Piedmontese under Marshal Coigny defeated the Austrians under Marshal Graf von Mercy. The Austrian attacked four times but were beaten back each time. Graf von Mercy himself was killed during the battle.

Featured image :

British Airborne Field Engineers

British Airborne Field Engineers

Two members of the Normandy Arnhem Society portraying officers of the 9th Airborne Field Company, Royal Engineers during Operation Market Garden - the paratroop attack on Arnhem in the Netherlands in 1944. They are pictured in front of their Willy's Jeep 'Arnhem Ahoy!'.

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

Waterloo Archive Volume V: British Sources

Gareth Glover [Ed]
Another superb book in this series. This one has tapped a very rich seam of material hitherto inaccessible to anyone unable to read German. Though the whole book is most interesting Appendix 2 in particular appealed to me. It records some of the 'Glorious Feats' performed by men of the KGL and Hanoverian Army. There are also some excellent reproductions of original illustrations of uniforms and 'battle' scenes. See review of Volume VI for comment on the whole series.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013

Reviewed : 2015-03-31 08:36:04