Napoleonic Spanish foot artillery howitzer 1214 The J-class comprised 8 destroyers

The J-class comprised 8 destroyers each with a name starting with the letter J (HMS Jackal

Battle-hardened by years of war in Manchuria

Though viewed as a lesser battle fo the Civil Wars in terms of scale and its paltry thirty minute length

‘The Glorious Glosters’

Spanish and US navies

Napoleonic Spanish foot artillery howitzer 1214 The J-class comprised 8 destroyersThe best of a bad lot the artillerymen of the Spanish Army displayed spirit and courage that was rarely matched by their countrymen. Batteries were split between horse and foot, the former having 4 pounders and the latter having 8 pounders. Batteries were supposed to have six guns each, but this was rarely achieved and batteries usually had four guns only. The fact that the batteries were called foot or horse meant little; a severe shortage of horses