Featured battle : Puerto de Baños

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 12 August 1809

General Sir Robert Wilson commanding a mixed force of British allies attempted to hold the pass in spite of having no artillery. The battle became a running fight with the allies moving back from position to position. Eventually the French artillery forced the complete withdrawal of the allied force.

Naval Battles of the Second World War

Leo Marriott
This is a really good read. Together with a companion volume every major naval action of the Second World war is covered. Necessarily the coverage is brief for example the battle of the Atlantic has five pages of text, but every entry is supported with photographs and a map. The author’s intention was to produce a basic guide and in this he has succeeded superbly. For those whose appetites have been whetted the selected bibliography guides them to more extensive descriptions of the battles.
This is a perfect introduction for anyone new to this field but the ‘old hands’ can still get a lot from it. We highly recommend Leo Marriott’s book.

Pen & Sword Maritime, 2022