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Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 1, 2006 9:37 am
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Matt, A couple of others come to mind: 1806-1807 - Argentina - Britain suffered two devastating and important defeats against local armies in Argentina led by...
Found it - my edition has a little b&w sketch of the Black Guard which I'll scan and upload if it is of any interest? I noticed that the regulars are also...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 1, 2006 1:12 pm
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I'd missed that--I realized after posting I didn't know what color the shirts were! I'd also like to see a picture of the Black Guard--I was wonderng whether...
THIS IS AN AUTO-SEND MESSAGE. YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG!! Greetings, ColonialWars strips off attachments. If you want to send & receive attachments,...
ColonialWars@yahoogro...
Apr 1, 2006 1:59 pm
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The Bicorne figs look real rough before you paint them, but once painted and washed look rather nice. I have the Indian troops. I'll see if I can supply a pic...
David/Ben I imagine you have Douglas Porch, The Conquest of Morocco? There is an interesting piece on the Shareefian Army, no uniform info though, but...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 1, 2006 3:55 pm
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Mark, Did you store the can outside? Did you spray outside? Did you dry them outside? Just wondering. Here in Florida it gets very humid too. After one bad...
Ben Again you are probably aware of this [I am sure David is] but the C-in-C of the 'Chereefian' army [as Maxwell spells it!] was Sir Harry Maclean, Caid...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 1, 2006 4:07 pm
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Dozy B that I am I have just noticed that the photo of Caid Maclean has Moroccan soldiers in it too, including a mounted 'officer', a European 'advisor' and a...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 1, 2006 4:23 pm
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Moroccan Black Guard from Maxwell and Caid Maclean from Usborne both now in Photos - Botch's Pics, for perusal and discussion! Mike...
After an eleven year hiatus Savage and Soldier, Volume XXV #1, has mailed today. For a subscription please go to www.theheliograph.com and subscribe. Richard...
An interesting intellectual question here (Unless of course it's your family in the middle of it.) How many generations does it take to be considered...
... your family in the middle of it.) How many generations does it take to be considered "native?" One of the more passioned student responses I ever saw was...
By standard usage you are a native of the country you are born, naturalized if born elsewhere and adopted citizenship. It sometimes help to use the term...
HUZZA! A blast from the past that we may all hope points towards a better future for the Colonial Community! Congratulations due to Richard Brooks and Milton...
Carl, as I do agree with you However, it has become a standard that Amerindians are called Native Americans over the years, mainly because no one knew what to...
For all you Red Shadow types... I picked up a copy of the 1930's Three Musketeers cliffhanger serial off eBay for the wife who likes all that sword fighting...
... And by the Anglo-Boer war the Afrikaners had been there for about 150 years hadn't they? Lots of time to put down roots and call it home. My family has...
I would like to add that many of the nations the Europeans subjugated were conquerors themselves. The Fon, the Shoa, the Zulu, the uHehe, the Ndele, the list...
Dennis L. Bishop
dbishop21@...
Apr 2, 2006 3:39 am
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SSSWWEEEEEEEEET !!!! I can't wait. Jeff ... mailed...
However, the question never was 'What's a native?' The question was 'What battles did the natives win?' and everybody knows what he meant. The guys who get the...
Although it is still almost a year away the theme of Cold Wars 2007 has already been selected. In case you missed it, the winner is “The Road and the Wall,...
Well, that knocks out my Sudan suggestions. ... From: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Peterson/Pat Dupre ...
Dennis L. Bishop
dbishop21@...
Apr 2, 2006 5:51 am
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I can only think of the following skirmishes where the opposition didn't have many firearms: Bushman's Pass, where Dunford lost the use of his left hand ...
When the report on the Zimbabwean Presidential elections was submitted by the SA observer contingent the amendments that were made to the report made me...
Does anybody know of a colonial version of Warhammer Fantasy Battles or Warhammer 40,000? I know Legends of the Old West, which is Mordheim based, but I'm...
Richard Congratulations! Best Mike ... From: rbrooks@... To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: [ColonialWars]...
Botch
mike.blake3@...
Apr 2, 2006 11:12 am
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There is a WH Colonial variant - if you Google for it it should turn up - ie I can't remember where I found it! If I do I'll post the location... Its called a...
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