Marek Szyszko – Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
Sunday, 29 March 2026
"Autumn, market scene in the heart of a village" by Sebastian Vrancx
Some interesting backpacks here.
Battle of Cheriton 1644
Battle of Cheriton - Wikipedia
The Battle of Cheriton of 29 March 1644 was an important Parliamentarian victory during the First English Civil War. Sir William Waller's "Army of the Southern Association" defeated a Royalist force jointly commanded by the Earl of Forth and Sir Ralph Hopton. Defeat ended Royalist hopes of retaking South East England and forced them onto the defensive for the rest of 1644.
Although less well known than the Battle of Marston Moor, in his "History of the Rebellion" senior Royalist advisor Clarendon considered Cheriton an equally disastrous defeat.[2]
Saturday, 28 March 2026
Me and Marlborough (1935)
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Sergeant Cummings searches Kit Ross's pub for a deserter drummer boy. When he finds the lad, Kit leads the pub patrons in attacking the sergeant's men, and the young man gets away, for which she is put in stocks. While there, she plans her impending wedding to Dick Welch. However, Cummings gets his revenge. On the night of the wedding, he tricks Dick into taking a shilling, which means he has enlisted in the army. She watches as a ship takes him to the fighting. Undaunted, she disguises herself as a man named Simon and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.
Friday, 27 March 2026
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Garret Barry (soldier)
An interesting Irish soldier who was also a writer. He had an interesting career ranging from the Spanish to the Royalists in the Civil War.Garret Barry (soldier) - Wikipedia
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