Wars of Louis Quatorze: 2025

Sunday, 12 October 2025

Philip Skippon by Richard Hook

Read the article here military-illustrated-past-present-1992-03-46. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Loudon by Allan Ramsay

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, pained by Allan Ramsay in 1747. This was before Loudoun became for a while Captain General of H.M. Forces in North America.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(artist)) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudon%27s_Highlanders)

https://en.wikipedia.org/.../John_Campbell,_4th_Earl_of...

Saturday, 11 October 2025

The Scottish Jacobite Army 1745–46 - Elite Stuart Reid (author), Gary Zaboly (illustrator)

I shall get this too.

Like Hungry Wolves Culloden Moor, 16 April 1746 1998 by Stuart Reid (Author), Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)

I don't have this book but I was leant a copy for a while. Love the artwork. Maybe I will get it.

Friday, 10 October 2025

(Present Fire) - the same motion', The Grenadier's Exercise, 1735 (c)

'(Present Fire) - the same motion', The Grenadier's Exercise, 1735 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London

'Throw your Granade second Motion', The Grenadier's Exercise, 1735 (c)

'Throw your Granade second Motion', The Grenadier's Exercise, 1735 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London

A treatise of military discipline; in which is laed down and explained the duty of the officer and soldier,... By Humphrey Bland, ... -The fifth edition. 1743

Humphrey Bland - Wikipedia

First published in 1727, his Treatise of Military Discipline was the most successful and widely used military drillbook to appear in English during the 18th century. It was reprinted nine times between 1727 and 1762, George Washington being among those who owned copies. 1727 edition here

Thursday, 9 October 2025

1725

1725,Gerrit Sichterman (1688-1730). Quartermaster-General of the Cavalry, Colonel of the Oranje-Groningen Infantry Regiment, Commandant of Grave, Cornelis Troost

Treaty of Hanover (1725)

The Treaty of Hanover was a treaty of defensive alliance signed on 3 September 1725 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Electorate of Hanover, the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Prussia, an extension of the earlier Anglo-French Alliance. The alliance was formed as a reaction to Austria withdrawing from the Quadruple Alliance and founding the Austro-Spanish alliance at the Peace of Vienna months earlier in May 1725.^[1]

Malt tax riots 1725

These took place in Scotland. Malt tax riots - Wikipedia

Alasdair Ruadh MacDonell (c.1725-1761), Chef de Glengarry – c 1750 – anonymous (Museum of the Isles)

Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell - Wikipedia

This was new to me but I am pretty ignorant when it comes to Highland matters.

David Morier (1705-70) - Private, Regiment of Hussars 'Karoly' 1746

1760 Raid on Berlin

Capture of Berlin on 28 Sep. 1760 (O.S. date; painted by Alexander Kotzebue)

Occurred in October 1760. Read about it here

Vauban - Le Piège malouin

French comic series. Here

Vauban, grand architecte militaire de Louis XIV, est chargé de fortifier et de défendre Saint-Malo. Il doit aussi déjouer les complots qui le menacent.

Le Piège malouin est le premier volume d'un diptyque autour de Vauban. La BD est scénarisée par Jean-François MINIAC et dessinée par Andrea Rossetto.

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Cobham's Dragoons

10th (Cobham's Dragoons) from a few years back. Photo Ruth Watson

The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the untold story of the Jacobite Rising by Dr Christopher Duffy

I have been reading this. I got it from the library. Came out in 2007. It's very enjoyable - I forgot how pleasant it is to read Duffy. A masterful military history. Obviously he knows 18th century warfare and brings a wealth of experience to the table. Definitely one to look out for.

SYW at Pevnost Terezin - a look at the specialist troops. Photos by Petra Perglová

Reenactment in the Czech Republic. More photos (4) Facebook

Monday, 6 October 2025

North Star 1672. New characters for the Pike & Shot range for the French-Dutch War 1672.

William of Orange

Turenne

Louis XIV

1985 memories Ian Bailey

Ian Bailey posted these images from 1985 on Blast from the Past UK reenactment nostalgia

Kirke's Regiment 1685 Ralph Mitchard

1685 Society newsletter 2000

Found this yesterday and scanned it. If anyone has a copy of the short we did for the BBC on the Rebellion I haven't seen it for twenty years - I lent my copy to someone and it didn't come back. I played Wade and did some speaking.

Night battle Pevnost Terezin (SYW) by JHF photo

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Royal Ecossais 1995

This group started 30 years ago. They didn't last long as they changed to La Reine. They based their look to the Gerry Embleton pic in the book LIke Hungry Wolves. I think this look has fallen out of favour but I am not sure.

Sunday, 5 October 2025

Honza Hák photo at Pevnost Terezín.

Saturday, 4 October 2025

This weekend in the Czech Republic

The biggest SYW reenactment in Europe. Terezin.

Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Secret Visit to London 1750

Here

£3.00

In this booklet Antony Grant explores the fascinating, if at first sight improbable, story that Bonnie Prince Charlie paid a secret visit to London after his abortive invasion of 1745 and there renounced his Catholic faith and became a member of the Church of England. The booklet is illustrated with contemporary maps and engravings.