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Thursday 31 December 2015
Saturday 26 December 2015
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Husaren in Berlin 1971
DDR Spielfilm mit Manfred Krug. Am 16. Oktober 1757 wurde im Siebenjährigen Krieg (1756-1763), der auch als Dritter Schlesischer Krieg bekannt ist, eine gezielte Militaeraktion durchgeführt, in deren Verlauf die preussische Hauptstadt Berlin durch Truppen des kaiserlich-österreichischen Feldmarschall-Leutnants Reichsgraf Andreas Hadik von Futak besetzt wurde.
Saturday 19 December 2015
Thursday 17 December 2015
New English Civil War title
'Just published in association with the Battlefields Trust: The Civil War in Wessex. Alan is of course a long-standing member of the Trust and in this well-illustrated little book he gives a fascinating introduction to the key events and places in the region. We'll be launching it at the Willis Museum, Basingstoke at 1.00pm on 9 Jan when Alan will be giving a talk. All welcome!'
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Sergey Petrov
Russian Cavalry Grenadiers 1757 |
Tuesday 15 December 2015
Sunday 13 December 2015
Saturday 12 December 2015
"From Breadalbane to Brucker Muhl: Scottish Highland Soldiers in Hesse 1759 - 62"
Details and contents here
This book looks interesting - about the highland soldiers of both the British and French - the reactions of the locals and their campaigns in the SYW.
This book looks interesting - about the highland soldiers of both the British and French - the reactions of the locals and their campaigns in the SYW.
Friday 11 December 2015
Thursday 10 December 2015
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Prussian Cavalry - in Training and at War
Looking for footage to make GIFs from I found this clip - second half is a battle scene that's not bad - see what you think. I think it's from
Tuesday 8 December 2015
ECW artwork of Graham Turner
On at the moment at Newark Civil War centre - read about it here with one of his pieces. Thanks to Alan Larsen for the heads up on this
Monday 7 December 2015
Submission of Wroclaw on December 21, 1757
Read about the siege of Breslau here
Sunday 6 December 2015
Austrian Hussar officer's sabre 1762
Nice looking repro if you want to buy yourself something this Christmas - details here
Andras Hadikhttp://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Hadik,_Andreas
Andras Hadikhttp://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Hadik,_Andreas
Saturday 5 December 2015
The Victory of Fleurus 1622
This is a high-res image - pump it up to full screen for the best effect. A lot of 17thc reenactors have started thinking about the 30 Years War anniversary coming up in 2018 - could be worth gearing up for. Anyway this painting depicts this battle by this artist
Friday 4 December 2015
Thursday 3 December 2015
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Tuesday 1 December 2015
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