Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954 into a family with a tradition of service in the Army stretching back through the Battle of Mons to Culloden and beyond. He is the author of numerous military history publications and has written extensively upon Scottish military history during the seventeenth century Civil War and the Jacobite period.
...the book's strengths are its clear and concise narrative and its intelligent reappraisal of the main field actions of the campaign. -- The Napoleon Series Reid's storytelling is excellent, and he takes opportunities throughout this book to explain the composition and structure of the regiments. -- Journal of Military History ...Reid tells the battles in great detail but with clear, engrossing, and lively prose in the best tradition of military history literature. The British had well-trained men against acclimated French veterans. The high casualties on both sides speaks to the courage of the men in both armies. -- New York Journal of Books