About the Author

After completing his education with the Royal Marines, Neil Cogswell joined the Research Department of ICI plc, for whom he worked for more than 30 years - making contributions in the fields of Polymer Rheology and Thermoplastic Composite Materials. Following retirement, Neil had the opportunity to indulge his interest in history – especially the military history of the 18th century. Translating the campaign journals of Horace St Paul – the first volume of which, Lobositz to Leuthen, was published in hardback by Helion & Company in 2017 – was supplemented by having the privilege of visiting the battlefields and other relevant sites in Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia in the company of historian Christopher Duffy. Neil has also collaborated in the preparation of an English-language edition of the monumental study by Artur Brabant of the Army of the Empire in the Seven Years War for LTR-Verlag.

Reviews

This incredible account of the years 1758 to 1760 introduces a number of minor characters who you won't find in general histories of the war, but who nevertheless played a major part in the conflict.
*Books Monthly*

One of the most interesting features of this book is the contrast between the armies of this period and those of the Revolutionary Wars, only 35 years in the future...The result is a valuable picture of the nature of warfare in this pivotal conflict.
*History of War*

Given the scarcity of accessible first hand source material in English, and the extent to which accounts are interwoven, this is the best Seven Years War buy of the decade so far from a wargames perspective…
*Miniature Wargames - John Drewienkiewicz*