Featured battle : Killiecrankie

Part of Jacobite Rebellions

Date : 27 July 1689

Viscount Dundee, commanding the Jacobites,[nearly 3,000] decided to attack the Government force, under Mackay, [over 4,000] in spite of his inferior numbers. Mackay extended his line by thinning it. Dundee extended his line to match in length but by increasing the gaps between the highlanders. The Government troops were overwhelmed at specific points by the highland charge and the whole line collapsed in close quarter fighting. Only a quarter of the Government force made it back to Stirling 36 hours after the battle.

1812 Napoleon in Moscow

Paul Britten Austin
It is difficult to evaluate this book which has a confusing conflict between style and content. As a style the author has adopted the appalling affectation of the use of the present tense to describe the past. This in parts makes gaining a clear understanding more difficult than it needs to be. The content is well researched and appropriately selected giving real insights into the French in Moscow. The real quality of the book is that we get to see the big event from many personal perspectives. In the introduction the author apologizes, and so he should, for his 'syntactic and grammatical deviations' for these in part make difficult reading of what otherwise would be a very good book.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2012