Featured battle : off Yarmouth Roads

Part of Anglo-Dutch War, First

Date : 02 June 1653 - 03 June 1653

The English fleet of 87 ships which had been lying in Yarmouth Roads took on the Dutch fleet of 104 ships in the southern area of the North Sea. On the 2nd June the battle raged from 11 am until 6 pm. Overnight Blake rejoined the English fleet with his squadron of 18 fresh ships. During the 3rd June the battle became a running fight with the Dutch heading for their own coast. In the course of the battle the Dutch lost twenty ships [eleven taken, nine sunk] no English ships were lost but many were badly mauled. This was the last battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War.

The Very Thing

Jonathan Crook
The title neatly sums up my opinion of this book it is the very thing for anyone with a keen interest in Napoleonic soldiering. Part of the long military history of the Royal Welch Fusiliers is told through the memoirs of Drummer Richard Bentinck from 1807 to 1823. The story travels from Copenhagen to North America to the Peninsular and finally to Waterloo and the occupation of France. We get a fascinating insight into the life of the ordinary British soldier not all saint and not all sinner
A thoroughly good read which I cannot recommend too highly.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Ltd., 2011