Kaiserliche Infanterieregiment Nicolaus Pálffy

 Facebook   Imperial infantry during the Rakoczi Uprising

Our group reenacts the Habsburg Imperial Infantry Regiment of Miklós Pálffy, Palatine of Hungary (1657-1732).  reichsarmeepalffy@gmail.com

Fantassin, vers 1710 Antoine Watteau (1684-1721),

 

Denain 1712

 

Watteau

Today's anniversary. Here

The Battle of Denain was fought on 24 July 1712 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. It resulted in a French victory, under Marshal Villars, against Dutch and Austrian forces, under Prince Eugene of Savoy.

It was the war's last battle in Flanders and one of the most consequential, breaking the Grand Alliance's ability to threaten Paris and reversing nearly two years of French territorial losses. In itself a local and tactical victory, Denain was made decisive by its relentless exploitation by Villars, who skillfully maneuvered to reclaim strategic border fortifications that would blunt any allied effort to renew their advance on Paris and dictate peace terms to Louis XIV.

The Cowdray Engraving

 

Good source for 1545 is this work. Of course the Mary Rise sank in 45 so there has been quite a bit of interest through that. Cowdray engravings - Wikipedia

Briançon!

 

The Assault Group Tudor Rabble

 The Assault Group - The home of quality 28mm miniatures

It has occurred to me that the Invasion of 1545 might make a fun skirmish game. These figures look good for the Militia forces. (20+) Facebook

Battle of Bonchurch 1545

 Here. Battle on the Isle of Wight. One source says women fired arrows at the French. 

Louis-Nicolas van BLARENBERGHE, Le Sergent recruteur du Soissonnais infanterie, miniature vers 1762-

 

Little Warres A Civil Little Warre

 

Here they are demoing the game at Attack Devizes where they won best participation game

Skirmish rules for the ECW here at Caliver Books

French invasion of the Isle of Wight 1545

 This occurred in July. French invasion of the Isle of Wight - Wikipedia

A French fleet attacks Bembridge in 1545.

A plaque reads 'During the last invasion of this country hundreds of French troops landed on the foreshore nearby. This armed invasion was bloodily defeated and repulsed by local militia 21st July 1545.^[12]'

A 1873 illustration

Haselrig's Lobsters

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. He says ''The May 1977 issue of Military Modelling saw the start of a new series on units of the English Civil War by Trevor R. Hopkins illustrated by Richard Scollins. This first part was about the heavy cavalry of Haselrig's Lobsters''

Newcastle's Whitecoats

 

From Stephen Tindle's collection.1977 Military Modelling. 

Cromwell's Ironsides

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. Military Modelling 1977

Hampden's Greencoats

 

Thanks to Stephen Tindle. From August 1977's Military Modelling. By Trevor R. Hopkins illustrated by Richard Scollins.

Rupert's Cavaliers

 Another from Stephen Tindle's Military Modelling collection this one from September 1977. Art by Rick Scollins.

Battle of Assietta 19 july 1747 by Alessia Maria Simona Giorda

 On July 19, 1747, a landmark battle took place in the War of the Austrian Succession. This battle took place at an altitude of over 2,500m. It pitted the French army (32 battalions, commanded by Louis Fouquet de Belle-Isle), which wanted to open the road to Turin, against a well-entrenched Austro-Sardinian army on the heights (13 battalions, commanded by Jean-Baptiste Cacherano de Bricherasio for the Kingdom of Sardinia). Source: Wikipedia. According to some historians, this battle was "one of the craziest offensives in the history of mountain warfare."

The Great Fire (2014)

 Did you watch this? I didn't but it looks interesting. I like the period. 

The standards of the Royalist Infantry

 The standards of the Royalist Infantry by Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton from the September 1977 issue ofMilitary Modelling. Thanks to Stephen Tindle.

 

Battle of Elixheim 1705

 At the Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance, under the Duke of Marlborough, successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant. These lines were an arc of defensive fieldworks stretching in a seventy-mile arc from Antwerp to Namur.^[2] Although the Allies were unable to bring about a decisive battle, the breaking and subsequent razing of the lines would prove critical to the Allied victory at Ramillies the next year.

Sealed Knot at Hartlebury castle

 Just over one week until you can see us at @hartleburycastle

Witness the spectacle of a Civil War battlefield with a replica bastion built to scale at the event! Complete with infantry, artillery and cavalry troops, the castle attempts to hold out for the king one final time.

You can find out more here!

https://hartleburycastle.com/.../the-sealed-knot-battle.../

French cavalry Eugene Lelieprve

 

Thanks Andrey. 

Garde Francaises

 Thanks to Andrey for this. Eugene Lelieprve. 

Standards of the English Civil Wars 1

Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. He says

''The June 1977 issue of Military Modelling saw the start of a series by Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton about the standards of The English Civil Wars. The first part covered the standards of the Parliamentary Infantry''.