Haselrig's Lobsters

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. He says ''The May 1977 issue of Military Modelling saw the start of a new series on units of the English Civil War by Trevor R. Hopkins illustrated by Richard Scollins. This first part was about the heavy cavalry of Haselrig's Lobsters''

Newcastle's Whitecoats

 

From Stephen Tindle's collection.1977 Military Modelling. 

Cromwell's Ironsides

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. Military Modelling 1977

Hampden's Greencoats

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. From August 1977's Military Modelling. By Trevor R. Hopkins illustrated by Richard Scollins.

Rupert's Cavaliers

 Another from Stephen Tindle's Military Modelling collection this one from September 1977. Art by Rick Scollins.

Battle of Assietta 19 july 1747 by Alessia Maria Simona Giorda

 On July 19, 1747, a landmark battle took place in the War of the Austrian Succession. This battle took place at an altitude of over 2,500m. It pitted the French army (32 battalions, commanded by Louis Fouquet de Belle-Isle), which wanted to open the road to Turin, against a well-entrenched Austro-Sardinian army on the heights (13 battalions, commanded by Jean-Baptiste Cacherano de Bricherasio for the Kingdom of Sardinia). Source: Wikipedia. According to some historians, this battle was "one of the craziest offensives in the history of mountain warfare."

The Great Fire (2014)

 Did you watch this? I didn't but it looks interesting. I like the period. 

The standards of the Royalist Infantry

 The standards of the Royalist Infantry by Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton from the September 1977 issue ofMilitary Modelling. Thanks to Stephen Tindle.

 

Battle of Elixheim 1705

 At the Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance, under the Duke of Marlborough, successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant. These lines were an arc of defensive fieldworks stretching in a seventy-mile arc from Antwerp to Namur.^[2] Although the Allies were unable to bring about a decisive battle, the breaking and subsequent razing of the lines would prove critical to the Allied victory at Ramillies the next year.

Sealed Knot at Hartlebury castle

 Just over one week until you can see us at @hartleburycastle

Witness the spectacle of a Civil War battlefield with a replica bastion built to scale at the event! Complete with infantry, artillery and cavalry troops, the castle attempts to hold out for the king one final time.

You can find out more here!

https://hartleburycastle.com/.../the-sealed-knot-battle.../

French cavalry Eugene Lelieprve

 

Thanks Andrey. 

Garde Francaises

 Thanks to Andrey for this. Eugene Lelieprve. 

Standards of the English Civil Wars 1

Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. He says

''The June 1977 issue of Military Modelling saw the start of a series by Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton about the standards of The English Civil Wars. The first part covered the standards of the Parliamentary Infantry''.

Dancers c.1620

 

Painting of a hobby horse with Morris dancers beside the River Thames at Richmond, London; detail of Thames at Richmond, with the Old Royal Palace, c. 1620 (Fitzwilliam Museum, unknown artist)

Barry Lyndon (1975) Dance scene

 Coming soon to the cinema. 

Cuckolds All a Row The Broadside Band

 Listen to the whole album on Youtube here, English Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master 1651-1703

My late parents were into country dancing. 

British School, 16th century Jephthah's Daughter c. 1560-80

 Zoomable image here. Windsor Castle on the left. 

More experimenting

 Didn't quite work. Background is Bristol in 1717. 

One King! Wargaming 1685

 Steve Carter has started this Facebook group dedicated to miniature wargaming of this episode. He is planning an event for 2026 for wargaming at Chedzoy. 

Figures by the Warre Game who is picking up his new rules tomorrow

New from Bloody Miniatures

 Facebook where there are more figures.

For this one we’re stepping back a generation from the English Civil War, to the tumultuous opening decades of the Seventeenth Century - Jacobean England under the Stuart ascendancy. A febrile time of spies, conspirators and insurrectionists; recusant householders of the old faith sheltering wily Jesuits and other assorted enemies of the state.

Ranged against them are sworn household men of the Crown’s loyal officers - intelligencers, agents, enforcers and inquisitors. Plus Gentlemen Pensioners, Yeoman of The Guard, and other forces of the state.

Not forgetting a colourful background cast of actors and playwrights; whores and apothecaries; doctors of magick, alchemists, astrologers and so on. It’s a setting rich in possibilities.

The original concept was a set of figures for skirmish games loosely based around the Gunpowder Plot - and this first Jacobean release indeed caters to that infamous episode.

But the figures can be used for all sorts of encounters set in this slightly earlier period - from the Dutch Revolt to the Thirty Years War.

They lend themselves exceptionally well to games set in the English plantations in early colonial era North America. Also to the ‘folk horror’ genre currently back in fashion thanks to the ‘Devilry Afoot’ rules.

French Dragoons of 1762 by Michel Petard

 

Article here

Le ceinturon d'infanterie en 1762 par Michel Pétard anyone have this article?

L'Instruction pour les tambours de 1754, fondement de la céleustique

 

L'Instruction pour les tambours de 1754, fondement de la céleustique

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French military journal

(1742-1761.) Journal militaire du chevalier de Luchet, officier au régiment de Beauvoisis , publié et annoté par Emile Biais,... | Gallica

Beauvoisis 1757

📷: Jacques Mart

 See below for a Podcast on the Lobsters. 

Podcast by Mark Turnbull on Haselrig's Lobsters

 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1194917/episodes/16063809

Roundway Down was their last battle. 

Roundway Down 1643

 

Empress Miniatures English Civil War Range.

Stunning Royalist victory in Wiltshire. Wiki

Oudenarde 1708

 

The Battle of Oudenarde, also known as the Battle of Oudenaarde, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession, pitting an Anglo-Dutch force consisting of eighty thousand men under the command of the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Overkirk and Prince Eugene of Savoy against a French force of eighty-five thousand men under the command of the Duc de Bourgogne and the Duc de Vendôme, the battle resulting in a great victory for the Grand Alliance. 

Langport 1645

 Battle of Langport - Wikipedia

Today's anniversary. George Goring, Lord Goring - Wikipedia is one of my favourite Royalists. 

Falkirk book launch

 

**Book Launch**

Falkirk or Paradise! The Battle of Falkirk Muir, 17 January 1746

by Geoff B. Bailey

Come join us on Monday 21 July 2025 for the book launch of Geoff Bailey's updated 'Falkirk or Paradise! The Battle of Falkirk Muir, 17 January 1746'.

This in-person event will be held at the Falkirk Library, where you will hear from Geoff, have an opportunity to ask questions, as well as purchase a copy of this updated book. Geoff will also be offering book signings.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to celebrate Falkirk's history and support a local charity and author. Profits from the book go towards the Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746) Trust. Books are priced at £20. Tickets are £5 (plus fees) and your £5 ticket is redeemable against a copy of the book on the night.

Arrival is from 6pm onwards with the authors talk starting at 6:30pm.

Tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../falkirk-or-paradise-book...