Featured battle : Ruremonde

Part of The War of the Spanish Succession

Date : 26 September 1702 - 06 October 1702

Ruremonde was invested by cavalry on the 26th September. Big guns were brought up, sixty 24 pdrs and a hundred mortars. The defences were substantially breached and the Comte de Hornes surrendered on the 6th October.

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