Saturday, 30 December 2023

17th Century Armies - Part 2 The Dutch

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Next up is the Army of the Dutch Republic mainly because it was an army that developed formations and tactics for one primary purpose; to fi...
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Sunday, 24 December 2023

It's Christmas (in a Noddy Holder voice)

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And if you don't know who Noddy Holder is look up the 70's glam rock band Slade and their massive Christmas hit. Just a short post t...
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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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