Coming soon in English and Italian editions

 

Sir Thomas Brown Commemoration , 18 March

 Thomas Brown is a hero of Dettingen - read about him here

The Queen's Royal Hussars Museum Warwick

For those who can make it please see details below

All should plan to arrive and park at the Blue Bell Pub in Yarm TS16 0JF at 1040hrs and then walk into the High St to the Heritage Centre. We will be met at 1100hrs and have a chance to see artifacts and the detail regarding Sir Thomas Brown and his relationship with Yarm, and importantly establish a link with our museum in Warwick. We will then walk across to St Mary Magdeline Church to see Sir Thomas's Headstone that was erected after a formal parade by QOH in 1968. Following that we are booked in to lunch at the Blue Bell (Pub Grub) at 1300hrs.

BARRY LYNDON 1975 Stanley Kubrick - Battle of Villinghausen

 As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this film. 

Regiment Spinola anno 1700

 Facebook. Picture is from their first event of the season at the Citadel Namur. I think they are Belgian. 

Siege of Namur 1695 and the British Grenadiers

 This year is the 330th of the Siege of Namur. 

The 1695 siege of Namur or second siege of Namur took place during the Nine Years' War between 2 July and 4 September 1695. Its capture by the French in the 1692 siege and recapture by the Grand Alliance in 1695 are often viewed as the defining events of the war; the second siege is considered to be William III's most significant military success during the war.^[3]

The siege had a big impact at the time and was featured in the 1769 book Tristram Shandy

The assault by 3,000 British troops on the Terra Nova earthwork on 31 August spearheaded by 700 grenadiers is alleged to have been the inspiration for the song "The British Grenadiers".^{[citation needed]}

Image by Patrice Courcelle in the book Perfeection of Military Discipline which is great. 

Confrontation of Kings, 1656:

 Confrontation of Kings, 1656: The Three-Day Battle of Warsaw in the Swedish Deluge, 1655-1660 from our Century of the Soldier 1618-1721 series is now available!

Confrontation of Kings brings to English readers, for the first time, the largest battle of the Swedish Deluge (1655–1660). Over three days, the Swedish-Brandenburg Alliance clashed with Polish, Lithuanian, and Tatar forces in a struggle for dominance in the Baltic. It was both a contest of military styles and a fierce rivalry between Polish King John II Casimir and Sweden’s Charles X Gustavus.

Based on contemporary sources, including unpublished soldier accounts, this in-depth study details the battle, the armies’ organisation, and the military systems of Sweden, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Brandenburg-Prussia, and the Crimean Tatars. With fresh research on a little-known war, it offers valuable insights for both military history enthusiasts and scholars.

Save £5 off RRP until Tuesday 18th March - no code needed!

Buy it here: https://www.helion.co.uk/.../confrontation-of-kings-1656...

Battle of Jankov 6.3.1645

 

Photos from Šance pro Šanci 

''We went to the Central Bohemian Region to participate. 380th anniversary of the bloodiest battle of the Thirty years' war. On Saturday the 8th March 2025, the village and the surrounding areas in Habrovka were transformed into a historical battlefield during a traditional memorial event, where Swedish and Imperial armies clashed in a reconstruction of the famous conflict.'' Wiki on the battle