The Battle of Seneffe, 1674

 

Le siège de Tournai en 1667 de Adam Frans van der Meulen

 

Marche du Régiment du Roy - Jean-Baptiste Lully - French Military March

 Here. The good thing about the army of Louis XIV - it had some good music. 

Art by Francis Back Louis XIV's Army Osprey. Probably my favourite Osprey along with Wolfe's Army. 

Thirty Years War novel.

 Free read of this interesting novel

WON BY THE SWORD

A STORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR

By G.A. Henty

Turenne

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

'One of the greatest commanders in history.' Wiki

I picked up this coffee table book from a charity shop. Hardly looked at it. Was only £1. But I looked at it today and guess what? Turenne doesn't have an entry! Shocked I am. Anglocentric I guess. 

Duel, Louis François du Bouchet, Nicolas Langlois, c. 1670 ...

 

Ensign c1670

 After Louis François de Bouchet

An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 David Morier

 Text from the wiki

"Many sources state the painting was completed soon after the battle. But details of the soldiers' uniforms suggest the painting was done in the 1750s. Possibly in 1753 when the regiment depicted was stationed near London.^[2] The painting is listed in a 1765 inventory of Cumberland's paintings, described as A Skirmish between some Highlanders and English Infantry^[3]"

The storming of Aardenburg 1672

 Here at the Rijksmuseum. Read about the assault here

Shepton Mallet

 Shepton Mallet. I always thought this would be a good place for an event as Monmouth's army visited twice. On the way and on the return. The Market Cross dates from 1500 but was restored in the 19th century. 12 Rebels were hung drawn and quartered there.

This blog

 Can you believe I have been doing this blog since 2008? Over 4000 posts. 2598868 hits. So thanks for dropping by. 

Ralph Mitchard in 2004

Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687 (Century of the Soldier)

 This is useful for the Netherlands forces. Hard to believe this came out five years ago. Pick up a cheap copy from Amazon.

Siege of Graves 1674

A 350th anniversary I missed was the Siege of Grave

The siege of Grave took place from 25 July to 27 October in 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 to 1678, when a Dutch army captured the Dutch fortress town of Grave (De Graaf) in what is now North Brabant. Grave had been occupied by the French since the summer of 1672 when an army under Turenne forced the town to surrender.

The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715. Volume 2: The Infantry of Louis XIV

 This series was good. This one covers the infantry so is probably the most important. 

Khurasan Late 17th century

 This 15mm range will cover most of your needs. Here

North Star 1672

 If you want 28mm for the campaigns of 1674-5 era then this range sculpted initially by Mark Copplestone will be worth investigating. . 

French infantry roles

 Thanks to Steve the Wargamer. Early 18th century. 

[Recueil. Uniformes militaires hollandais, 1672-1675 : 17 aquarelles originales de l'époque.]

 These are interesting. 

A Seated Huntsman

From here

Gerard ter Borch the Younger Dutch
Former Attribution Gesina ter Borch Dutch

1672

Anleidung Wie der Baston A Deux Bous Das ist Jaegerstock (Leipzig: Arnst, 1670).

 

Catalan grenadiers 1714

 

(7) (8) (9) y (10). Movimientos para el lanzamiento de una granada.
Manual de adiestramiento del Ejército de Cataluña:
«Exercicio practico y especulativo de el fusilero, y granadero» (1714) fue redactado por el coronel Juan Francisco Ferrer, de la plana mayor del general comandante Antonio Villarroel. Los ejemplares de los manuales fueron impresos en el Real Convento de S. Domingo de Mallorca y llevados a Barcelona en un de los convoyes que abastecían la ciudad.

Manual exercise of the Foot Guards 1745

 From here

Anybody have a better quality version of this?

 

Seneffe 1674

 A battle I missed in August was Seneffe which is 350 years aho this year

French infantry at Turckheim 1675

 By Manuel Krommenacker on Deviant Art

Also see Furstenberg 1672 here

Turenne's winter campaign in Germany 1674

 Anybody read this book? There isn't much out there in English on Turenne. Just ordered a book by Max Weygand from the Library. 

Wiki

Lützen 1632

 Fought today. Wiki

By Sergey Shamenkov from the Helion book on the battle

I had a 15mm army Imperialist of Lützen using Freikorps 15 figures and there were a lot of cuirassiers. Difficult to get Croat cavalry. 

Recruitment poster

 From Gallica Affiches de recrutement

Deutsche Reichs-Armee nebst einigen verbündeten oesterreichischen und französischen Truppen, 1757, 1759, 1762. Bibliothèque nationale de France, De Ridder collection

 Interesting source for SYW

French vivandiere picture

 Worth looking at this on zoom. Not sure of the date but it's interesting. Thanks to Cantinière françaises and David Ledoyen.

Turnham Green 1642

 

Earl of Essex

This event took place today. Here

Blenheim Tapestries

 Tallard surrenders. I know they aren't useful for uniform reference but they are great. 

Trail'st thou the puissant pike? (Henry V)

 Next year is the 40th anniversary of me being a reenactor. It was the Monmouth Rebellion tercentenary that made me make the leap. At the time I was more interested in the 30 years war than the Civil War but Frome where I lived had a vibrant E.C.W. scene and that made a difference. The people who I joined up with (Devereux's) were wargamers too so I used to go to conventions and War games weekends in Swindon. This pic is later -  I am 2nd from the right. pic Tony Spence. 

Grolle 1627 by Stephan Vroom

 Breathtaking photos. Thanks Stephan.