OCTOBER 1917 Patrick Mercer uses the first-hand account of a renowned junior officer to report on a grim regimental battle fought in
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The old 6th Regiment of Foot began life in 1674 as a unit of émigré English troops in Dutch service. During the
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Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly
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Ron Field uncovers the role of Scots Americans in the war to free the slaves. In the wake of the failed Union
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Redcoats The battle of Isandlwana represented a clash of two radically different military systems – a modern, Western, technologically-advanced professional army pitched
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In November 1854, The Times war correspondent William Russell, writing from the Crimea, reported that an attack by Russian cavalry had been
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Immortalised in the ‘Band of Brothers’, the men of Easy Company,were rightly acclaimed for their bravery and daring, as well as their
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The Diehards: The 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (now part of The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment) Nothing could exceed the conduct and
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Brigadier-General Thomas J Jackson, a professor of Virginia Military Institute, and his foot cavalry. It was the first major battle of the
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The Royal Scots Greys: The regiment that caught the French Eagle. The image of the Scots Greys charging out of the picture
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