Friday 28 April 2017
Sunday 23 April 2017
Sunday 16 April 2017
Saturday 15 April 2017
Campaign Marches - In The Footsteps of 17th Century Armies
New FB group for those interested in the following
'This group is intended as an aid to people who want to take to the road and experience aspects of the life on campaign in the 17th Century. Particular emphasis is on the Thirty Years War and the English Civil Wars.'
Photo by David Wilton taken on a reconnoitre of the Battle of Lansdown (ECW)
'This group is intended as an aid to people who want to take to the road and experience aspects of the life on campaign in the 17th Century. Particular emphasis is on the Thirty Years War and the English Civil Wars.'
Photo by David Wilton taken on a reconnoitre of the Battle of Lansdown (ECW)
Battle of the River Lech 1632
Today's anniversary. The Battle of Rain (also called the Battle of the River Lech or Battle of Lech) was fought on April 15, 1632, as part of the Thirty Years' War. The forces involved in this conflict were 40,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus and 25,000 Catholic League troops under Johan Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.
Friday 14 April 2017
Happy Easter
Guardroom, 1642 - David Teniers the Younger
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(Flemish, 1610–1690) Title:
- A guardroom with plunder, soldiers beyond
Thursday 13 April 2017
Friday 7 April 2017
Battle of Vimpfen on 6 May 1622
Different artists are credited with this painting. Could be Simon de Vos
Thursday 6 April 2017
Recruitment poster
-JOIN
OUR COMPANY; HELP HIM OUT!- Yes people, we are always looking for new
members to fill the ranks of our company! This is the first of an
oncoming series of recruitment posters we will use during future events.
There's no beating about the bush; we need you!
Wednesday 5 April 2017
April 8 Forde Abbey - Monmouth Rebellion
The Taunton Garrison
April 8
Experience the action and high drama of seventeenth century Somerset
as history comes alive at Forde Abbey on the 8th April to tell the tale
of the Monmouth Rebellion.More here
Tuesday 4 April 2017
By Fire and Sword The Deluge
I have been enjoying the artwork by Tomasz Tworek for the new expansion for the Fire and Sword rules.
Battle of Prostki - October 8, 1656
The battle of Prostki took place during the Second Northern War and was a
decisive victory of Polish-Lithuanian forces numbering 10,000 men
(mostly regular cavalry) supported by 2,000 Tatars and led by hetman
Wincenty Gosiewski over a Swedish-Brandenburgian army of 6,500 regulars
(nearly half of them infantry) reinforced by 800 Lithuanian-Polish
cavalry of prince Boguslav Radziwill and led by prince Georg Friedrich
von Waldeck.
The battle was portrayed in the Polish movie "Potop" from 1974:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Delu...
The battle was portrayed in the Polish movie "Potop" from 1974:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Delu...
Monday 3 April 2017
The English March
One of the most important beats to learn as an ECW drummer is the English March. Both sides used it. Unfortunately there isn't one on Youtube so maybe someone who knows it could make a video? Here's a link to the music and some of the history.This page has some useful things for ECW drummers
Exercise with shield and pike 1618
Here for all you drill fans. Thanks to David Evans for finding this.
De exercitie met schild en spies: de soldaat brengt
de spies met twee handen weer in positie, 1618, Adam van Breen,
1616 - 1618
By Fire and Sword
English Civil War drummer
This is Andy from Devereux's. You could say he's a veteran as he started in about 1975 when he was a mere lad.
He's returned to the ranks recently and got his kit uptogether - he says 'monteroe by Ian Dicker and jump coat by Barbara Robinson, both of the 1642 Tailor; singlet, shirt and breeches by Peggy's Necessities; hose by Gwyneth Munroe; shoes by Sarah Juniper; drum by Marcus Music; sword by the Two J's; snapsack by me :)'
Saturday 1 April 2017
Parliamentary Infantry English Civil War
More of Nicholas Devereux's regiment in the ECWS this time from the 1993 book The English Civil War Recreated in Colour Photographs by Honeywell and Spear. Devereux's website
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