I for one would buy a DVD of this.
'The movie consists of 4 parts and runs for about 6 hours or so. For many years, this was the most expensive film not only in Swedish, but also in Scandinavian in general. The soldiers are all made from Gustav Sederstrom's paintings and many scenes are compositionally based on him. All my attempts to find this movie and download it for free in any form have been in vain.'
Was looking for this and now I found it. It is from a book called Under the Double Eagle about the Hapsburgs and this was Blenheim
A lot of activity for this period 30 years ago. Pics From Blasts From the Past UK Reenactment nostalgia
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| pic Howard Giles |
Ordonnance... sur le maniement des armes de l'infanterie... | Gallica
Thankks to Gilles for this. The updating of the 1703 drill. I believe this was in use in the '45.
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The First Battle of Newbury was a battle of the First English Civil War that was fought on 20 September 1643 between a Royalist army, under the personal command of King Charles, and a Parliamentarian force led by the Earl of Essex. Following a year of Royalist battlefield successes, in which they took Banbury, Oxford and Reading without conflict before storming Bristol, the Parliamentarians were left without an effective army in the west of England. When Charles laid siege to Gloucester, Parliament was forced to muster a force under Essex with which to beat Charles' forces off. After a long march, Essex surprised the Royalists and forced them away from Gloucester before beginning a retreat to London. Charles rallied his forces and pursued Essex, overtaking the Parliamentarian army at Newbury and forcing them to march past the Royalist force to continue their retreat.
Song of Prestonpans which is 280 years this Sunday. Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet? - Wikipedia
Footage of the reenactment by the Sealed Knot. The locals got involved.
There are a load of old Military Illustrated Past and Present magazines online. The Grenzer pic is from an article on the Military Borders. Border regiment 1746-62
I am pretty sure this is 1995. My brother lives nearby and he sent me a VHS that was sold by the local library and I think it's the same footage.
It is approaching 30 years since the reenactment that kicked started the mid 18th century scene in the UK. This was for the 250th anniversary. Leading group was Pulteney's who still exist. Several other groups started then. I started a group in response to this activity.
This is worth getting if you are interested in the subject. My copy is worn through years of use. Covers up to and including the SYW.
Élémens de tactique... par M. Le Blond,... | Gallica
Devereux's regiment which is where I learnt to drum have made a good video on the subject.
Regimental Drummers and their important role within the army...
Drums made by Marcus Music, Wales: https://www.marcusmusic.wales/
According to Chartrand there were three styles of drumming in the French army - French, German and Swiss though the differences have been lost to time.
JGBaroque says
This is an arrangement I made of the French fife and drum command "L'Assemblée from the French drummer's manual of 1754, which was used to signal the troops to assemble before a march.
The image shows the battle of Fontenoy of the War of Austrian Succession, 1745, with the British and French troops saluting each other before firing, as painted by Édouard DetailleI got this book from the Library. Has about 10 pages of Monmouth-related pieces. Here are a few.
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