Saturday, 18 November 2023

A bit more about the Spanish Army

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 While reading about the Dutch Army of the 17th Century I stumbled across the following image showing two stages of the Battle of Nieuwpoort...
Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Another sad day

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Barney passed over the rainbow bridge this afternoon.  He was the first of our rescue dogs, arriving from Spain with George but coming to us...
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Monday, 13 November 2023

17th Century Armies - The Spanish part two

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THE INFANTRY I left the infantry section on the Spanish army until last part as it's the most complicated to explain.  The Tercios of Sp...
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Sunday, 22 October 2023

17th century armies - Part one The Spanish

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Having done my best to define the key troop types used in 'Stand with me to fight the field' (I'm beginning to think that title ...
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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

I'm not a well man, Carstairs!

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Back in the far off days of my youth I read a set of humorous short stories about mountaineering which I can now find no trace of using my G...
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Friday, 13 October 2023

Defining the troops in 'Stand with me to fight the field'

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2mm Infantry Battalia 2:1 shot to pike so classed as mixed fire power Now this looks like a big body of troops Because I started these rules...
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Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Stow on the Wold 1646 using 'Stand up with me to fight the field'

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'Stand up with me to fight the field' is the name I have chosen for my home brew pike and shot rules.  These rules started way back ...
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