Check out these new titles just into the Casemate warehouse! Featured is Waterloo Archive Volume II, the retelling from the German perspective of the Waterloo campaign. It focuses on the significant role that German troops played in the battle, which has previously been underestimated by most authors.
Like Wolves on the Fold is another prominent new title. It tells the story of the defense of Rorke's Drift and focuses on January 22nd, 1879, a day considerd by many to be one of the most important days in military history.
Waterloo Archive - Volume II: The German Sources
Gareth Glover
German troops formed the majority of Wellington's forces present at the Battle of Waterloo including those of Nassau, Brunswick, Hanover and the King's German Legion, and they have left a large number of first-hand accounts of their role in the battle.
The actions of the King's German Legion - an integral part of the British Army and partly officered by British soldiers - has been published in English, but to a limited degree...
6 x 9.5, 288 pages, 32 illustrations, 9781848325418, $50.00 USD, hardback, Frontline Books
Like Wolves on the Fold - The Defence of Rorke's Drift
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook
Wednesday, 22 January 1879, was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing another hot, monotonous day. News of the disaster across the river came like a bolt from the blue. Retreat was not an option. It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the terrible fate of their comrades.
6 x 9.5, 320 pages, 32 pages illustrations (8 col.), 8 maps, 9781848325838, $24.95 USD, paperback, Frontline Books