OPERATIONS OF THE ALLIED ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF PRINCE FERDINAND OF BRUNSWICK, VOLUME ONE: 1757-1758.

171pp., 4to, colour portraits, 36 mostly coloured maps, 25 orders of battle, 5 tables. 2024. This is a remarkably handsome reprint of one of the most rare studies of the Minden phase of the Seven Years War by a serving British officer. The information, largely in diary form, is of huge significance and to make it accessible for a modern audience, Stephen Summerfield has written an introductory essay to set the narrative in its context as well as dividing the text into detailed section headings to ease reference. As well as this, the quality of the book lies in its beautiful - mostly coloured - maps, many from the original work but with numerous others added by Stephen. This is an expensive reprint to match the quality of the study, but you could always buy an original if you had a few thousand pounds and could find one! Volume 1 includes an additional anonymous eyewitness account of Leuthen. The main book covers such battles as Crefeld, Sandershausen & Lutterberg.