The Relief of Orleans 1429

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is honoured to welcome the leading medieval military historian, Dr. Matthew Bennett FRSA, as our speaker for this event in which we study one of the most famous victories of French forces in the Hundred Years War: the Relief of Orleans in 1429 by Joan of Arc. In his talk, Matthew will explore […]

The Battle of Wagram 1809

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is delighted and honoured to welcome John (Jack) H. Gill as our speaker for this event, in which we study the great Napoleonic battle of Wagram 1809. Jack is an associate fellow with the International Institute for Strategic Studies and an adjunct professor at the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, affiliated with the National […]

The Battle of Wagram 1809

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

This will be a repeat of the event of 10 and 11 February in which we study the great Napoleonic battle of Wagram 1809. Please contact Philip Marshall on 07946 041733 if you would like to attend.    

The Battle of Kohima 1944: The Turn of the Tide in Burma

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA are very honoured to welcome Professor Raymond Callahan as our speaker for this event in which we study the key battle of Kohima in the Burma theatre in 1944. Ray Callahan is a pre-eminent contemporary authority on Field Marshal Slim and the Burma campaign. His many acclaimed works include “Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the […]

Saratoga: Turning Point of the American Revolution

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is honoured to welcome Eric Schnitzer as our speaker for this event, in which we study the battles of Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights that proved decisive in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War in 1777. Eric has been a ranger and historian at Saratoga National Historical Park for more than 20 […]

The Battle of Ulundi: Culmination of the Anglo-Zulu War

NHSA 24 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The NHSA is delighted to welcome Ian Knight as our speaker for an event in which we study the battle of Ulundi, the final major engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Ian is internationally regarded as the current leading authority on the nineteenth-century history of the Zulu kingdom, and in particular the Anglo-Zulu War. […]