Dumbluck.
You're absolutely right - you should read them.
And you can get a free ebook of the first in the series,
"On Basilisk Station", here:
baen free library
On Basilisk Station [OBS] is not bad, but more to do with establishing politics and characters than ship combat (there is one briefly described simulated fleet engagement, and the climax of the book is a 1 versus 1 combat, although that establishes a lot of the technology and hence tactics.)
Additionally, soon to be added to the free library is "Honor of the Queen" [HOTQ], the second in the series.
Now, if OBS is not bad, HOTQ is awesome. Packed to the gunwhales with action. Deliberate assaults, ambushes, reargaurd actions, and a desperate fight to the finish.
So, for everyone that hasn't read HH, now you know:
a) Why you should.
b) How you can read the first 2 for free.
So "lets be about it"
Pit Bull