Featured battle : Modena

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 12 June 1799

Macdonald commanding the French advanced guard outnumbered his opponent by seven to one. Given the massive disparity in numbers the Austrians were lucky to have extricated nearly half of their troops.

Waterloo Battlefield Guide

David Buttery
From the outset this book delivered more than I was expecting. Not only was there a description of the many places relevant to the Waterloo story placed, of course, in their modern setting to make them easy to find; but there was also a narrative of the battle with the troop dispositions and timings as accurate as you will find anywhere else. The maps and illustrations are numerous and good servants to the text. I read the book before my visit to Belgium and, having now used it extensively while there, my advice to the would be visitor is read it before you go and don't go without it. Highly recommended.
Pen & Sword Family Military, 2013