After the Battle of Trafalgar, the old alliance between France and Spain began to break down. Napoleon decided to invade his southern neighbour, and soon the former allies met in battle.
Theme: The Peninsular War
- Stephen Tunmore, 'A reassessment of Napoleonic Spain - Rey, patria o la muerte'.
- Noel Williams, 'The Battle of Cape Santa Maria - Neither war nor peace'.
- Eoghan Kelly, 'The first Battle of El Bruch, 6 June 1808 - Wherever we arrived, they disappeared'.
- Mark Backhouse, 'The Battle of Saguntum, 25 October 1811 - Defeat from the jaws of victory'.
- Tom Mecredy, 'Fighting the French with the Spanish Joan of Arc - Agustina de Aragón'.
- Guy Bowers, 'Collecting a Spanish Napoleonic force - The Spanish ulcer'.
- Rubén Torregrosa, 'Last stand at Monteleón barracks - Heroes of Spain'.
Features
- Chris King, Somewhere in Germany, Early April 1945 - Advance to contact'.
- Brian Cameron, 'Getting all of your troops on the table - Big battles in small spaces'.
- Jeff Jonas, 'Rolling the dice against Rome: Beneventum 275 BC - Pyrrhus' last gamble'.
- Rubén Torregrosa, 'Painting a Polish army for WWII - Wearing the White Eagle'.
- Stephen Tunmore, 'Remodeling Airfix's Fort Sahara kit - Changing an icon'.
Departments
- Miniature reviews
- Rick Priestley, 'This gaming life - Dad's Army and designing war-games'.
- Henry Hyde, 'Tabletop tactics - A bridge too far: lessons from play'.
- James McCullough, 'The irregular - Dice-rolling etiquette'.
- David Davies, 'Warlord's Cruel Seas goes Napoleonic - Let's play Black Seas'.
- Guy Bowers, David Davies, Eoghan Kelly, 'Game reviews - Narrow Seas, Albedo Combat Patrol 164, Pieces of Eight, and Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter'.
- Book reviews
- Parting shots
