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Sunday, 24 November 2024
1676 English drillbook
AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH Military Discipline.
By His Majesties permission.
LONDON, Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. 1676.
Calibre Books did a booklet of this in 1986 entitled Monmouth's drill book.
A letter from one of Monmouth's regiment 1672
"A letter out of France, from one of the Duke of Monmouths souldiers, to his friend in London Pontoise, the first of May, 1672." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2.
Read it here
Uniforming the Royal English Regiment
I have been looking for bits on the uǹiform of the Royal English Regiment. This passage from the The Last Royal Rebel by Anna Keay was interesting.,
The Royal English Regiment
The reference to their uniform is the London Gazette 28th October 1679. I can't find it though. Anyone?
From this page on the English Brigade in the Service of France
Sometimes referred to as Monmouth's Foot or the 'Old Battalion of Monmouth's Foot. It was rasied in England in 1672 and sent over to France, where it remained until recalled into England in 1678. Sixteen companies, totalling 2,000 men.Services
1673 Siege of Maestricht
1674 Rhine Theatre under Turenne, Battle of Sintzheim, Battle of Entzheim
1675 Battle of Altenheim
1676 Siege of Philippsburg
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Saturday, 23 November 2024
Fife & Drum: "Marche des Dragons du Roy", from J.B. Lully
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Dragons du Régiment du Roy Delaistre Jacques-Antoine (1690-1765) Paris, musée de l'Armée |
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Fifres et Tambours du 1er Régiment de Provence : "Marche des Dragons du Roy", "March of the King's Dragoons".
Marche répertoriée dans le manuscrit de 1705 de Philidor l'Aîné
Britains Herald English Civil War by Glenn Holcomb
"BRITAINS HERALD ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
At a toy show sometime in the 1990s, I found a Britains Herald 54mm English Civil War foot figure with the sword. He looked like a Musketeer and I wondered for a long time what other figures came in this group. Then when I started getting on eBay, I saw dealers offering these figures. Britains had these in their Britains Models catalogs from 1959 to 1962.
In December 2018, I saw a group of 15 Britains Herald English Civil War soldiers and purchased them. I found a few more here and there as well as small groups of them on eBay. This is what I had after 4 years of collecting them. I now have 90 Britains Herald English Civil War soldiers."
Friday, 22 November 2024
Khurasan Miniatures news
GOODBYE EU CUSTOMERS
If you’re in the EU and you want Khurasan Miniatures, you need to order in the next two weeks!
Your laws have changed placing more restrictions on sales to the EU from outside that zone. These are so extreme as to likely prove fatal to business. (But see below.)
I have enjoyed providing you with models and am sorry we will likely no longer be able to do business.
II will be trying to comply with the new regs but will do several tests and this will NOT be available to general customers until I can confirm it’s ok to go.)
From Osprey Publishing
Living history reenactor Alan Larsen depicts one of the Lobsters in full armor with a snaphaunce pistol. Note the Lobsters’ banner behind him. (Author’s collection)
Image from Steel Lobsters: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England by Myke Cole
French musketeers 1670s Lucien Rousselot
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Robert Fecher writes
Good morning, here is a new essay from me again, this time regarding the Seven Years War in North Hesse and the Lower Rhine in 1760...
The Seven Years' War in Northwest Germany: From the Battle of Rhadern (13 September 1760) to the Battle of Kloster Kamp (15/16 October 1760) Eyewitness Accounts by Officers of the Auvergne Regiment
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Marche du Régiment du Roy - Jean-Baptiste Lully - French Military March
Here. The good thing about the army of Louis XIV - it had some good music.
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 David Morier
Text from the wiki
"Many sources state the painting was completed soon after the battle. But details of the soldiers' uniforms suggest the painting was done in the 1750s. Possibly in 1753 when the regiment depicted was stationed near London.[2] The painting is listed in a 1765 inventory of Cumberland's paintings, described as A Skirmish between some Highlanders and English Infantry[3]"
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Monday, 18 November 2024
Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet. I always thought this would be a good place for an event as Monmouth's army visited twice. On the way and on the return. The Market Cross dates from 1500 but was restored in the 19th century. 12 Rebels were hung drawn and quartered there.
This blog
Can you believe I have been doing this blog since 2008? Over 4000 posts. 2598868 hits. So thanks for dropping by.
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Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV: Volume 1 - The Army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1660-1687 (Century of the Soldier)
This is useful for the Netherlands forces. Hard to believe this came out five years ago. Pick up a cheap copy from Amazon.
Siege of Graves 1674
The siege of Grave took place from 25 July to 27 October in 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 to 1678, when a Dutch army captured the Dutch fortress town of Grave (De Graaf) in what is now North Brabant. Grave had been occupied by the French since the summer of 1672 when an army under Turenne forced the town to surrender.
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715. Volume 2: The Infantry of Louis XIV
This series was good. This one covers the infantry so is probably the most important.
North Star 1672
If you want 28mm for the campaigns of 1674-5 era then this range sculpted initially by Mark Copplestone will be worth investigating. .
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