"Well I look to the fact that the British did not conscript their army, all recruits chose to join up, for what ever reason, shillings on the drum, gin,...
"...the Spanish backed the wrong side." Col. Gray; An old historical truism is that a people would rather be ruled badly by one of their own, than ruled well...
"For what it's worth, Napoleon's own account of his intention in 1812 has it that he would impose peace on the Tsar with a Polish frontier on the Dnieper." ...
"Thank for the reply! I checked out the article on the system. It seems pretty neat, though my concern is the number of minis needed and the figure size of...
Col. Gray; While researching Turcoing, did you check out Hillaire Belloc's book on the battle? And if so, was it any good, as a source or just as a "read"? ...
... he is ... served by ... Wellington and ... to the measure of ... happened or not. ... really dispute ... recorded) ... would suggest ... Napoleon blamed...
... On St Helena. Yes, his plans for Poland changed with time and need. I don't doubt that his plan at the start of 1812 was to set up a greater Poland - it...
Roy is quite right to point out that the 'professionalism' of the British junior regimental officer was a bit flakey in the late eighteenth century, and to...
Besides our intitial battle report/playtest of AOE in Warning Order issue #5, there is a much better one on pages 2 & 3 of issue #10(Bill, feel free to strip...
I had access to this hummer, but did not use it simply because of time. Interestingly enough, one of the best little articles I found on the battle came out of...
How about general officers? Have you ever read some of the complaints Wellington voiced concerning the officers the Horse Guards sent him in the Peninsula?...
Wow what a busy time we have had between Historicon and Fall In! Fall In! the third jewel in the triple crown of Historical Miniature Gaming in the United...
There is a passage in Haythornthwaite's Peninsula uniform book where he mentions that when Wellington ordered the mounted guards to charge, their commander...
The French cavalry at Waterloo - from Napoleon's account of the battle: "While this attack was being unmasked (Napoleon ordered Neyy to use his 80 guns against...
... he mentions that when Wellington ordered the mounted guards to charge, their commander flat refused. Wellington pressed the issue, whereby the chap in...
... Is a frank if understated admission by the Emperor that the fault in this case was his own: No one else could have appointed a replacement. BTW Napoleon...
Hi, I'd to comment some posts, but you guys ignitiated such fire …Being in digest mode I could not (and still can't) follow the rythmn (I must go back to...
<snip> BTW Napoleon also pointed out that, had Wellington fallen back from Quatre Bras, to behind the Forest of Soignes and in front of Brussels, joining with...
Hi, sorry, I forgot the translation (not a very good one though, I apologize) "General d'Erlon ordered to form only one column per division. The 1st Battalion...
David, fortunately, I'm here in ambush :-) answers after * ... it without ... us the gist ... * See the translation I have given, even if it's far from being ...
Jean-Marc wrote: So and the fact has been discussed by historians in the past ,the order was given by d'Erlon, not Napoleon or Ney. Also it is clear that the...
I seem to recall some confusion with the order for the formation. Something about column of divisions rather than divisional columns or vice versa. Mark...
Mark, yes, this has been said/written about the words colonne par divisions". But general Durutte ordered to the rear batallion of his line to re-form line as...
Bill, answers after * ... * I have some others :-) What was 'unusual' and not a good idea ... the other, ... formation--no room, unlike ... why the ... masses....
Heh, we'll be doing the second day and including only a portion of the overall area. Yup, this is one of the bigger battles I've seen geographically. Amazing,...
Not sure what this means (perhaps that we are just verbose), but its got to mean something. Here is a message count for October as regards the various...
Well, I wish I could be there. I'm glad you are so consistent in posting photos. It does surprise me how the Revolutionary battles seemed to take up far more...
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