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Featured battle : Ostend

Part of The War of the Spanish Succession

Date : 19 June 1706 - 09 July 1706

Overkirk was given command of the seige while Marlborough stayed with a covering army. A classic trench approach was supported by naval guns from the seaward side. By the 5th July a position for the breaching batteries to be close enough to be fully effective was secured and the work begun of bringing the guns up. The Governor, Count de la Motte, surrendered before a breach had been made.

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World War 1 Russian Maxim Machine Gun - MUR3_ww1russmg1

World War 1 Russian Maxim Machine Gun - MUR3_ww1russmg1

A Maxim heavy machine gun from ww1

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

Featured review :

The Men of Wellington's Light Division

Gareth Glover and Robert Burnham
The vast majority of this book consists of letters written by officers of the 43rd Light Infantry to their families and friends back home. The authors have done a splendid job in searching out these previously unpublished accounts of the lives of these men. The reader gets a fascinating insight into what mattered to the men. The range of their concerns/interests is enormous but food, money, clothing, billeting and promotion get regular mention. There isn’t a great deal of detail about the actions they were part of perhaps this is avoided to spare the recipients although the wounding and death of fellow officers and men is often reported. One particular poignant letter from Ensign John Brumwell where, after having the officers on each side of him killed, he writes ‘I am beginning to think the ball is not yet cast that is intended for me.’ The next letter his parents received was to tell them of his death.
This book contains a wealth of information, written without the ‘benefit’ of hindsight, which will enrich our understanding of life in Wellington’s army. We highly recommend it as a jolly good read.

Frontline Books, 2022

Reviewed : 2023-01-16 14:19:39