Featured battle : Fontaniva

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 05 November 1796

Massena had been despatch by Bonaparte to halt the advanced guard of the Austrian [Alvintzy] advance. He failed to dislodge them from islands in the Brenta river. As more Austrians began to come up Massena withdrew.

Salamanca 1812. Wellington's Year of Victories.

Peter Edwards
A high level of research is presented in a most readable way. The book has a pervading quality in its insights which can only come from an experienced 'military mind'. Throughout the author uses appropriate and varied selection of original text providing both colour and veracity. The maps are few and lacking in detail, in Further Reading the author recommends Ian Robertson's Atlas of the Peninsular War which I would have found most useful in this case. That said however this book is difficult to put down once started and thoroughly recommended.
The Praetorian Press, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013