Featured battle : Castlebar

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 27 August 1798

This was the first contact made by the French after their landing. The Anglo-Irish defenders were for the most part local militia. Apart from the company of the 6th Foot, the Artillery men and Roden's Fencible Dragoons the British panicked and fled. An easy first victory for what was a small French force.

British Aircraft Carriers

David Hobbs
A wealth of knowledge presented in a most readable form for everyone from the novice to the initiated. Encyclopedic in scope it may be dipped into at any point but I found in reading cover to cover the fascinating story went from airships to future carriers. All aspects, design, development and service are dealt with. There are very many photographs, lots from the author's own collection, plus drawings and plans. An unusual but welcome feature are the fold out copies of Admiralty drawings which are in the middle of the book.
At £45 this is not a cheap book, but a Rolls Royce is not a cheap car, and this is a Rolls Royce of a book.
Seaforth Publishing. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013