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Featured battle : Wanfried
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 18 April 1813
Maj von Hellwig's Streifkorps ambushed a small force of Westfalian's. It is indicative of the breakdown of French allies that these troops put up no resistance and some went on to join the Streifkorps.
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Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean Memorial Gates, London.
This memorial is dedicated: "In memory of the five million volunteers from the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Caribbean who fought with Britain in the two World Wars." It was inaugurated on 6 November 2002 by Her Majesty the Queen. The four portland stone pillars bracketing the top of Constitution Hill are topped with bronze urns and bear the names of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Africa, Caribbean and Kingdom of Nepal. The inside ceiling of the dome on the pavillion records the 74 names of the Victoria Cross and George Cross holders from these areas in both wars.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Cromwell's War Machine. The New Model Army 1645-1660
Keith Roberts
Cromwell's War Machine describes the tactics and organization of the armies of the English Civil war within a context. That context was the Eurpoean military scene varied experience of which was brought into this country by Officers and men who had fought as mercenaries in the various European wars. The reader gains an understanding not only of what but more fundamentally why things were as they were. Only one chapter is given over to the campaigns of the New Model army, which is the sole subject of many other works. The prose is lucid and flowing and the extensive footnotes [nearly five hundred] do not impinge upon the text.
Highly recommended.
Pen & Sword Military, 2005
Reviewed : 2013-01-22 00:00:00
