Dutch 17th century caliver drill, Jacob de Gheyn II

 

Dutch 17th century pike drill, Jacob de Gheyn II

 

Marlborough 300 Pageant. On 30th - 31st July 2022 at Blenheim Palace

 Details here

Friday teasers from Strelets-R

 Loading cuirassiers 

Naseby weekend

 Info here

The Siege of Loyalty House

 

'Extraordinary, thrilling, immersive... at times almost Tolstoyan in its emotional intelligence and literary power' Simon Schama

It was a time of climate change and colonialism, puritans and populism, witch hunts and war.

A greater proportion of the British population died in the civil wars of the seventeenth century than in the world wars of the twentieth. Jessie Childs recovers the shock of this conflict by plunging us into one of its most extraordinary episodes: the siege of Basing House. To the parliamentarians, the royalist stronghold was the devil's seat. Its defenders called it Loyalty House.

We follow artists, apothecaries, merchants and their families from the revolutionary streets of London to the Marquess of Winchester's mist-shrouded mansion. Over two years, they are battered, bombarded, starved and gassed. From within they face smallpox, spies and mutiny. Their resistance becomes legendary, but in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolls in the heavy guns and they prepare for a last stand.

Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and the voices of dozens of men, women and children caught in the crossfire, Childs weaves a thrilling tale of war and peace, terror and faith, savagery and civilisation.

The Siege of Loyalty House is an immersive and electrifying account of a defining episode in a war that would turn Britain - and the world - upside down.

'Brilliant. Original. Gripping.' - Antonia Fraser

• Imprint: Bodley Head

• Published: 19/05/2022

• ISBN: 9781847923721

• Length: 336  Pages

• Dimensions: 242mm x 31mm x 163mm

• Weight: 672g

• RRP: £25.00

Devereux's at Bath Abbey in 1985

 Andy James is compiling a history of roundhead reenactment group Nicholas Devereux's regiment to be completed in 2024 in time for the 50th anniversary with events and people from the regiment's history. Here they are doing Monmouth period Somerset Militia in Bath in 1985. 

Ramillies

Wounded at Ramillies 

Today's anniversary. Here

Friday WSS teasers from Strelets-r

 

The sack of Magdeburg 1631

 Today's anniversary. Read about it here

Alatriste ~Battle of Rocroi (English Subtitles)

 Today's anniversary Rocroi. Clip is from the rather good 2006 movie Alatriste. Full movie with subtitles here

Jubilee Weekend Basing

 One for the diary. Details here

This day 1756 Britain declares war on France - starting the Seven Years War

 

Last of the Mohicans which is 30 years old this August

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration

 

Did you watch this last night? We watched it to see Alan Larsen (a Restoration-era reenactor among other periods) doing the Charles II cameo. It was very good. If you go on ITV Hub you can see it - it's about half way through. 

A British soldier

 From here A Soldier | National Galleries of Scotland

From Sergey Minchenkov

 Grenadiers on horseback Preobazhensky life guard regiment 1707-1712

THE SIEGE OF TOURNAI BY PIERRE L'ENFANT (detail)

 Complete picture here. Thanks to Wm. Booth Draper

Battle of Fontenoy 1745

 

from 

Osprey Campaign 307: Fontenoy 1745 by Michael McNally

Illustrated by Seán Ó’Brógáin

 here

Today's anniversary. Here

Prague 1757

 Another anniversary this time from the Seven years war. Wiki here

Spanish (Bourbon) infantry in square Strelets-R

 Friday teaser.

Wimpfen 1622

 Today's anniversary. 400th. Read about it here

7 years ago this came out

 Only have a few copies left. Email me if you want one. 

Garnizon Fortecy Częstochowskiej

 Another good European group. Facebook page here

Garnizon Gdańsk

Excellent photos by Łukasz Kolodziej . Facebook page where there is more.

From Khurasan Miniatures

 Sad to hear about Dan Schorr. He was very knowledgeable on the late 17thc and GNW. His website Dan Schorr's Northern Wars was unparalleled. 

Khurasan say''Buff coat cavalry for the later 17th century. Some troopers continued to wear this well into the later 17th century. Lieutenant-Colonel Dan Schorr (retd) commissioned these in 2021 and was quite pleased with the way they came out — Dan wanted them for Brandenburg Horse. As late as July of last year he sent me the specs for colors you see here. Dan died the next month. I’m especially keen to get these to market because Dan made it possible for other people to enjoy the models.''

Joseph Francis Nollekens - May Day

 Artist wiki