The League of Augsburg
The Battle for Britain 1692: The story so far, almost completed..
Leading up to the start of the 1693 campaigning season with the climax of 1692..
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| The Jacobite Army on the left delivered a stunning victory at Badon Hill |
The ire of the populace at large has turned like a rabid dog upon prominent men who once had the world at their feet. General Tollemache, erstwhile darling of the army and hero of the battlefield is now become a figure of derision and the corporeal...
The Battle for Britain 1692: The story so far continued..
More of the background tale leading to our April 2017 weekender....
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| Complicit in the Jacobite defeat? St Ruhe's French may have fought hard enough |
Dundee’s own losses amounted to no greater than thirteen hundreds of the total four and one half thousands lost for King James. So, can it truly be believed that the legions of King Louis the Magnificent did not shoulder more than adequate share of the...
The Battle for Britain 1692: The story so far..
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| Was de Ruvigny fully committed at Ripon |
For those blog followers interested in our 1692 alternative history of the struggle between Jacobites and Williamites for control of Britain, here is a summary of where we left off BEFORE we share our latest experiences of April 2017/ April 1693.
Written in a suspect narrative style, it covers the main events although, not necessarily as all players may recall...
Lots to blog about.. did we REALLY do that?
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| New Dutch West India Company forces attack English Creoles on Jamaica |
Well, Clarence is on his flight west, Bob is back studying 18 wheelers and I am back at LoA HQ trying to make sense of the last seven days. We've manage to cram a lot into a week. Five wargames, 10 players, three theatres, an 860 miles road trip, eight battlefields and lots of walking.
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| Captured from whom? French Militia? We think... |
William of Orange - Warfare Miniatures by Mark Allen
Mark Allen was one of the main influences on my obsession with the period which has given its name to this Blog. I drooled over Mark's inspirational figures and games photographed so carefully by Duncan Macfarlane as far back as 1991 when they were a staple of Wargames Illustrated. His series on the armies of the period is still a go to resource for me and I am certain, many others.
It therefore...
The Battle of Aughrim 1691-2016 325th Anniversary
I am delighted to feature a post by Alan Larsen explaining the role his Re-enactor group 'The Troop' played in the commendable commemorative event which took place in the Summer of 2016.
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| Photo: John Finnerty (By permission) |
As many readers will know, Aughrim tends to be the forgotten major action of the Williamite Wars in Ireland. This is quite remarkable given that it was a larger and more decisive...
The Battle of Aughrim 1691-2016 325th Anniversary
I am delighted to feature a post by Alan Larsen explaining the role his Re-enactor group 'The Troop' played in the commendable commemorative event which took place in the Summer of 2016.
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| Photo: John Finnerty (By permission) |
As many readers will know, Aughrim tends to be the forgotten major action of the Williamite Wars in Ireland. This is quite remarkable given that it was a larger and more decisive...
GNW Swedish units.. the long road since 1996
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| Foundry+ conversions + Dixons and Redoubt components - The Dal 1996.. sadly gone |
I have a nice archive of my GNW efforts form the time when there was pretty much nothing available, through various iterations to now when I am pretty much writing my own ticket with GNW releases.. a kind of fantasy come true.
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| Plenty of conversion work Ducker's Dragoons 1997 - the cape is milliput - still have these |
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Eclectic Holiday post #2 The Siege of Constantinople
Blog Die Hards - stick with this post and think.. 1683! The Turks of that period were not so different from those featured here in the 1453 Siege of Constantinople.
I have visited Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul several times and on one trip managed to spend an...
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| Original and reconstructed walls of Constantinople on the European shore |
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| Reconstructed section - it runs for perhaps a mile or more |
I have visited Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul several times and on one trip managed to spend an...
Warfare Miniatures Mounted Dragoons - pre release view
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| BLB squadron size - six models |
Well these chaps have taken a long time to appear but having had a chance to paint one each of the first six models and four new horse types I am hugely pleased with what we are about to release and believe them to be we worth the wait.
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| Dragoon horses - smaller than standard cavalry mounts |
Featured here are three Command and three dragoon models in hats which could be...
Wargamers' Uniform Guides for the Siege of Derry
D01 - The Jacobite Infantry of the Siege of Derry
D02 - The Jacobite Cavalry and Artillery of the Siege of Derry
D03 - The Defenders of Derry
D04 - The Battle of Pennyburn Mill
D05 - The Battle of Windmill Hill
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