A Library of Military Manuals – White Horse Wares
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Sunday, 25 January 2026
King's Army march in London today photo Ian Spence
Commemorating Charles I. Note the muffled drums. Incidentally this February 2 is the 400th anniversary of the coronation of Charles I (wihout his wife who declined to participate in a non-Catholic ceremony).
The Nine Years War
Belfast-based curator James O’Neill’s The Nine Years War: Part One, 1593–1603 re-examines a conflict long mislabelled as “Tyrone’s Rebellion.” Drawing on archaeology and military history, O’Neill shows how disciplined Irish armies met England on equal terms in one of the Tudor era’s bloodiest wars.
Read the blog post here: https://helionbooks.wordpress.com/.../the-nine-years-war.../
You can buy The Nine Years War 1593-1603 Part 1 here: https://www.helion.co.uk/.../the-nine-years-war-1593-1603...
Saturday, 24 January 2026
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford
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| Portrait of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford (half-length, by John Payne) in a separate plate as frame with military exercises (by Willem de Passe) Engraving |
Friday, 23 January 2026
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Henri IV - Complete French Telefilm (2010) - Historical Drama - Julien BOISSELIER, Marta CALVÓ
Has English subtitles. Henri 4 (film) - Wikipedia
In 1563, Calvinist Protestantism has arrived in France, but the Catholic reaction is not long in coming and the small but steadily growing Protestant population is suppressed in French society. However, the Huguenots, particularly in Southern France and in the small Kingdom of Navarre near Spain, resisted. Catherine de' Medici, the actual ruler of France, wants to counter this. Her two sons, Charles IX and Francis, Duke of Anjou show weakness in this fight and Henry, the young prince of Navarre, vital strength. Catherine de' Medici has to give in and makes Henry an offer of peace, which he, tired of fighting, accepts. This peace also means that Margot, the daughter of the Medicis, married in Paris with Henry. But even during the wedding celebrations, the Catholics strike: They cause a bloodbath among the Protestant wedding guests who have traveled. About 20,000 Huguenots die on this Bartholomew night.
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Mackay's Regiment 1626
Highlander c.1607
File:Highlanders by Hieronymus Tielsch, c. 1603–1616.png - Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Monday, 19 January 2026
Battle of Braddock Down
The Battle of Braddock Down took place during the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War. It was fought on open ground in Cornwall, on 19 January 1643. An apparently easy victory for the Royalists under Sir Ralph Hopton secured Cornwall for King Charles and confirmed Hopton's reputation as a commander. Hopton also gained respect for the mercy shown to his foe, of whom 1,500 were captured during and after the battle. The precise location of the battlefield is a matter of dispute, though English Heritage believe it to be within parkland at Boconnoc.
Landsknecht
By Redanthalas Workshop and Guides (5) Facebook where there are guides how to make the kit.
'I am a crafter based in Czech Republic'
The Low Lands of Holland (Scottish, 1747 Version) - Fife & Drum
JG Baroque says
This tune was requested a long time ago, but somehow slipped out of my consciousness. Recently, I found it again by chance, and decided to look into the tune, which I found to be both beatiful and intriguing. As it seems, there are many melodies to "The Lowlands of Holland", and this one, a beautiful melody in the mixolydian mode, was published in 1747. The melody was apparently popular with the Scots Brigade (also known as the "Anglo-Dutch" or "Anglo-Scots" Brigade), a Dutch military unit consisting of mostly Scots, that served during a period of more than a hundred years in the "Low Lands", that is, modern day Netherlands.
The image shows a scene with Maurice of Orange dismissing a troop of mercenaries, possibly Scottish, from service in 1618. The painting was made in 1625 by the Dutch artist Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot.
Scanian War
"The conquest of Stralsund" 1678
Tapestry by Pierre Mercier (artisan) 1693
Tapestry by Pierre Mercier (artisan) 1693
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Nantwich
Holly Holy Day & The Battle of Nantwich reenactment | Facebook
Relive the drama of the 17th century English Civil War as Nantwich commemorates the Battle of Nantwich, on the 24th January 2026.
Reenactment FB Group
Saturday, 17 January 2026
AI Ralphie
My daughter's man David has got the AI bug and I sent him a pic of me at our local and he did this to it.
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| Let me stand next to your fire |
Prime and Load The Highland Storm
Recommended by Chris/Nundanket
The retreat from Derby was not the end of the Jacobite Rising, it was a tactical realignment. Following a highly disciplined and orderly withdrawal from England, the Jacobite Army arrives in Glasgow not as a broken force, but as a growing threat.
In this episode, we examine a Jacobite army at its peak strength: refitted, reinforced by fresh Highland reinforcements, and bolstered by the arrival of French regulars and gold. The tactical situation has never looked brighter for the Stuarts as they lay siege to Stirling Castle and prepare to meet General Hawley on the rainy moors of Falkirk. We are joined once again by historian and author Dr. Arran Johnston to break down the final major victory of the '45.Falkirk Muir 1746
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| by Steve Noon for The Lilies and the Thistle | From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 | Helion & Company |
Today's anniversary. Battle of Falkirk Muir - Wikipedia
The Battle of Falkirk Muir, or Battle of Falkirk,[a] took place near Falkirk, Scotland, on 17 January 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. A narrow Jacobite victory, it had little impact on the campaign.
The Battle of Falkirk Muir, or Battle of Falkirk,[a] took place near Falkirk, Scotland, on 17 January 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. A narrow Jacobite victory, it had little impact on the campaign.
Friday, 16 January 2026
Farndon Civil War window
Sir Francis Gamull’s Regiment of Chester Volunteer Foot
St Chad's church, Farndon - the Civil... © Mike Searle cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Sir Francis and a selection of soldiers presumed to belong to his regiment are illustrated in the form of stained glass at St Chad’s Church in Farndon, Cheshire, Farndon Church together with prominent Chester Royalists Sir Richard Grosvenor, Sir William Mainwaring and William Barnston. The window was painted post-restoration using Civil War era drill manuals as inspiration for the figures. The coat colours today appear yellow, but examination of the window has shown that originally some were painted in red, as shown in the link above, the colour having deteriorated over the centuries. There were additional similar stained glass depictions at Poole Hall Poole Hall. Therefore on this evidence, it appears that Gamull's regiment wore both yellow coats and red coats, and carried a red (or rose) flag.
From the stained glass depictions and records below, the regiment was armed conventionally with pikes and muskets.
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I thought I would look up Grenville's (for fun)
Thomason Tract E.114.6 mentions 80 of Sir Beville Grenville's troops on Bodmin Moore with their Pikes and (Musket) rests painted in blue and white1). Note: Grenville's armorial colours seem to have been red and gold, however his family had also used a design of red and gold impaling blue and white, see discussion below.
I presume i neede not runne over the particular passages of this weekes businesse at Bodmin, how Sir Bevill G. after the first warrants under the hands of thirteene Comissioners for a muster (hearing of the peoples backwardnesse) about monday gave out a second, where he injoynes them to appeare upon paine of death; nor how at last he came to the race Posts upon Bodmin-downe, with 140 or 160 men, some of which he got out of Devonshire, and 80 were armed with his own proper Armes, very discernable for that the Pikes and Rests are all painted with white and blew;
19th August 16422).
It was reported 3) that Major General Chudleigh captured a large amount of weaponry, clothing, twelve drums and three ensigns from Hopton's Army – amongst this haul were red coats at Sourton Down (April 1643). At least five, possibly six, Cornish Regiments of Foot were present at Sourton Down.
Another report 4) refers to captured, Royalist deserters, most likely Cornish men, wearing redcoats “pressed men…gone home“.
Courland Dragoons
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Anyone got a better version of this?
This image depicts the historical moment of the Black Watch mutineers entering the Tower of London under guard on May 31, 1743. The event stemmed from a misunderstanding and fear of deployment to the West Indies, a location known for high disease rates.
A Swedish Regimental cannon
Swedish regiment cannon and Swedish infantry on it. 4-pound regiment cannon 1632 https://digitaltmuseum.se/.../modell-av-4-pundig...
Thanks to Serge Shamen
BattleCat Miniatures - Jacobite Rebellion
Anyone print your own figures? I know very little on the subject but these figures look useful.
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Portuguese 18th Century Marches
Three Portuguese marches dated 1740:
Abater os Estandartes com Toque de Estado Marcha do Exercito 1 Ave Marias (sounds retreat)Auprès de ma Blonde ("Le Prisonnier de Hollande") - Fife & Drum
JG Baroque says:
This is a fife & drum arrangement I made of the French folk song "Auprès de ma Blonde" ("Next to My Girl"), also known as "Le Prisonnier de Hollande" ("The Prisoner of Holland"), a song from the late 17th century, when many French soldiers were captive in the Netherlands as a result of the Franco-Dutch War. The image shows the French forces of Louis XIV crossing the Rhine in the first year of the war, with a massive force of about 40 000 men. The painting was made by the French painter Joseph Parrocel in 1699.
Thursday, 8 January 2026
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In the mid-17th century, Sweden enjoyed the status of major European power, feared and admired by its contemporaries. Sweden’s achievement was undoubtedly substantial, because It had triumphantly reversed the pattern of the previous half-century in which, for all its limited military success against Muscovy, it had experienced a long run of battles against the Poles, and finally against the Habsburgs and the Catholic League. By 1632, Sweden astonished contemporaries; historians ever since have sought to explain how its military success could be achieved on such a precarious economic base. Nevertheless, by 1655, during the devastating war against a host of enemies, Sweden held its own on many fronts. Military historians praised the Swedes for their reputation as aggressive and brave soldiers, but the factors which helped Sweden to maintain its predominance was the effective organization of the army, which represented a completely original model in the European scenario, no less successful than the ones of France and the Dutch Republic.
Soldiers of the Thirty Years War - the pikeman
Book in German thanks Andrey. A series of 3 books.
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