Featured battle : Falkirk

Part of Anglo-Scottish Wars

Date : 22 July 1298

Determined to avenge the defeat at Stirling Bridge King Edward l took command of the English army. He finally caught up with the numerically inferior Scots near Falkirk. In spite of Wallace's excellent choice of ground and disposition of his troops the English under Edward were too determined and strong. Wallace fled the country.

Into Battle with Napoleon 1812. The Journal of Jakob Walter

Jakob Walter. Edited & Annotated by Bob Carruthers
This is a re-presentation of the jounal which was first translated and published in America in 1938. Bob Carruthers has done a really good job in bringing this wonderful work up to date. His inspired selection and inclusion of the watercolours of Albrecht Adam, who witnessed many of the same events as Jakob Walter, makes the book even more enjoyable. That is if the brutal reporting of such a train of harrowing events can ever be enjoyed. The reader is left with an understanding of the life of a soldier in Russia in 1812 and thankfulness that Jakob kept a jounal. A must read.
Pen & Sword Military, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013