Just given a paper on the siege of San Sebastián in 1813 at the NRWGC conference in York and now busy on the next talks.
17 September - The fourth Lines of Torres Vedras; Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras
18 October - Telegraphs in the Peninsular War; British Historical Society of Portugal.
2 November - We Need Guns? preparing for the Third siege of Badajoz, 1812; Helion Siege Warfare conference
4 December - The logistics of a 19C siege; Fortress Study Group
22-3 Feb 2025 - Wellington the Peacemaker, SAHR, Leeds
4-6 April - Wellington's Greatest Victory; Wellington Congress,

I must get my head out of sieges :-)

I have been at this conference from 5-7 September 2024 at York, St John's University. This was a fantastic event organised by the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Commission https://www.nrwgc.com/ There were 55 speakers from across the world over the three days.  I spoke on the Siege of San Sebastián in 1813, the subject of my next book, co-authored with Dra Silvia Gregorio Sainz.

I am grateful to Chris Parkinson of Redcoat History for the opportunity for taking my talk on the 'British cavalry and their leaders during the Peninsular War' online. This is a version of the talk I did for the Waterloo Association at the Royal Armouries, Leeds on 9 September 2023.
I believe this talk will be available to watch online in the future.

A new book on Albuera by historian Guy Dempsey is due to be published in May 2023.  Albuera Eyewitness tells the story of the battle using accounts of people who were there.

This will be a welcome addition to his previous book on the battle, Albuera 1811, which is probably the best book on the battle.

​Press release below
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​On 22 July 2022 I will speaking on 'The Logistics of a 19th Century siege - Ciudad Rodrigo 1812.  The online talk is for the Society of Army Historical Research. Further details including registration are available from the SAHR website at LINK 

On 22 July 2022 I will speaking on 'the Logistics of a 19 Century siege - Ciudad Rodrigo 1812.  This will be a summary of the chapter that will appear in Zack White's Siege Warfare book expected to be published in 2023.

I will be presenting on the Lines of Torres Vedras at the War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon conference on 9 September 2022.  The programme for this three day event has now been published.

New speaking engagements include:

Waterloo Association, Royal Armouries, Leeds, 10 September 2022. I will be talking about the allied siege of San Sebastián in 1813.

Waterloo Association. Higham Hall, 24-26 March 2023. I will be doing two talks about the Napoleonic services of Field Marshal John Burgoyne RE and the battle of Albuera 1811.

With the Spanish historian Dra Silvia Gregorio Sainz, I am working on a new account of the Allied siege of San Sebastian in 1813. This book will make greater use of Spanish archival resources and new Spanish research on the controversial operation. Due to be published in autumn 2023 by Helion. (Excellent picture below is copyright Jordi Bru)