Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Seneffe 1674

 


Fought today in 1674. Disputed outcome. Wiki

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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Capture of Gibraltar 1704

 Today's anniversary is the capture by Anglo-Dutch forces for use as a base in the Med. Wiki


Marshall's Elm 1642

 Today's anniversary is a skirmish in Somerset right at the beginning of the Civil war. Wiki

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

New WSS fiction

Kuruc!: The Threat From The East (Soldier and Spy Book 1) Kindle Edition
by T. Justin Davis (Author)

 The year is 1702, and a young Englishman named Harry Sutton fights a duel over a woman that causes scandal to his family and to his own reputation. Harry’s father purchases a commission for him in Queen Anne’s army in Flanders, so that Harry can escape the scandal abroad and regain his reputation through soldiery.

The war over the Spanish succession is raging in Europe, pitting Britain and its allies, the Dutch and the Holy Roman Empire, against France and Spain. At a siege in Flanders in the fall of 1702, Harry’s bravery and leadership bring him to the notice of William Cadogan, the quartermaster and spymaster of the allied armies. When an English diplomat in Hungary is kidnapped by Hungarian rebels along with a female friend of the Duke of Marlborough, Harry, along with other English officers, is sent by Cadogan on a daring rescue mission into Hungary that could impact the outcome of the war!

Battle of Nördlingen (1645)

 


The second Battle of Nördlingen (or Battle of Allerheim) was fought on August 3, 1645 southeast of Nördlingen near the village of AlerheimFrance and its Protestant German allies defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and its Bavarian ally.