Featured battle : Vauchamps

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 14 February 1814

Classic Napoleon with part of his force withdrawing to pull the Allies forward. Then a strong flank attack which forced them to withdraw. Followed by a long swing round their now left flank to block their retreat. The plan almost worked. One of the key elements missed was getting hosre artillery across the line of retreat, the mud was too deep for them to travel quickly enough. The Allies were badly mauled losing 40% of the men.

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.
We highly recommend this invaluable research tool.

Pen & Sword Military, 2018