This book presents a collection of eleven true stories from the battlefield - each a testament to bravery in the face of superior odds. The stories are collected from various conflicts and wars including: the British/Hanoverian advance against the French at Minden, past Balaclava, Gettysburg, the Franco-Prussian war, the Falklands, World War II actions at Arras and Longstop Hill, to the crossings of the River Waal and the airborne raid on Corregidor and the relief of Khartoum.
- ISBN10 1854092766
- ISBN13 9781854092762
- Publish Date 16 February 1995 (first published 17 June 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld Military
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English