Festung Königstein by Atelier Beissert

 

League of Augsburg/Warfare Miniatures 40mm

 I have found out how you get the figures. They said:

They are available to the test group on the new site as it has a 40mm section but that of course isn't much use. You can decide what you want by looking at the 28mm selection here https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/.../products-subcat-113... and just sending me a PM to request them in 40mm. Easy as that. In 40mm, the battalions are £90 ex postage for 18 models and a Squadron of 6 cavalryi s £72,

War of Spanish Succession wargaming models | League of Augsburg

The Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf

 Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf - Wikipedia

This battle fought today in 1757.

Cavendish Miniatures

 I don't know anything about this company. From the 60s I suppose. Anybody know them?

from the collection of Bruno Lopes

Cavendish Miniatures – British Regiments of 1751, produced as souvenirs in the 1960’s and ’70’s.

Replicant brand English Civil War cavalry posed with a reproduction helmet. By Scott Lesch

 Replicants — Plastic makes perfect

Directions for musters Wherein is shevved the order of drilling for the musket and pike.

 Set forth in postures, with the words of command, and brief instructions for the right use of the same 1638. 

John Lichfield tells me this was the drill used by Trained Bands in the 1640-3 period. 

Select pages and plates from Directions for musters: wherein is shevved the order of drilling for the musket and pike: set forth in postures, with the words of command, and brief instructions for the right use of the same

The document titled "Directions for musters" outlines the order of drilling for the musket and pike, detailing postures, commands, and instructions for their use. It was printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel in 1638 and is derived from Jacob de Gheyn's work on military discipline. You can access the document through various sources, including the University of Oxford and Cambridge University Library.

Charles Cordell at Worcester

 

Enjoy DESECRATION, an English Civil War historical fiction short story by Charles Cordell, ahead of his author talk at The Commandery - Worcester on Sunday.

DESECRATION is set during the Storming of Winchester and the iconoclastic desecration of Europe's greatest cathedral in December 1642. This Divided Kingdom short story eBook is only £0.99 on Amazon until midnight on Sunday 30 August 2026.

On Sunday, Charles Cordell will talk about why historical fiction set during the 17th Century can feel so relevant today in an award-winning venue that was the royalist headquarters for the last battle of the British Civil Wars. This will be an official Worcester 375 event.

#DividedKingdomBooks #WorcesterEvents #CivilWar375

Battle of Newburn 1640

 Today's anniversary. 

Battle of Newburn - Wikipedia

Somerset Trained Bands Newburn 1640

Somerset was ordered to send 2000 men overland to Newcastle upon Tyne for the Second Bishops' War of 1640. However, substitution was rife and many of those sent on this unpopular service would have been untrained replacements and conscripts. Like many other contingents, the Somerset men were disorderly, complaining about pay, food and conditions. As his regiment passed through Warwickshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Lunsford and his officers admitted that they had killed some of their men in self-defence. Sir John Beaumont's regiment, conscripted in Somerset, Bristol, and Wiltshire, marauded through Derbyshire, attacking the property of unpopular landowners, and were accused of being 'West Country clownes'.^[18]

The Somerset Trained Bands played a significant role in the Battle of Newburn in 1640. During this battle, approximately 800 Somerset musketeers under Colonel Thomas Lunsford manned two makeshift sconces defending the southern bank and ford crossing against a superior Scottish army. The Somerset contingent was part of the main English force of around 15,000, which took position along the River Tyne to block the Scots' advance. The battle was a significant engagement in the Second Bishops' War, and the Somerset Trained Bands contributed to the overall defense of England against the invading Scottish Covenanters. 

New 30YW book

New Book in Historical Bookstore Old Drawer

https://stara-szuflada.pl/Zolnierze-Apokalipsy-Niezwykle...

 

Lutter 1626

Battle of Lutter - Wikipedia The Battle of Lutter (German: Lutter am Barenberge) took place on 27 August 1626 during the Thirty Years' War, south of Salzgitter, in Lower Saxony. A combined Danish-German force led by Christian IV of Denmark was defeated by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commanding an army of the Catholic League loyal to Emperor Ferdinand II.
 

Game of Crowns The War of the Polish Succession 1734-1735

 Looks great. Spring 27.

Game of Crowns | From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 | Helion & Company

Game of Crowns – the title tells us something about the war. The lit fuse of the War of the Polish Succession was the Polish ‘crown of thorns’, but a great many crowns were in play. This was a varied and hard-fought war across the vast half-empty plains and forests of Poland, the river valleys of the Po and the Rhine, and the olive groves of Apulia. Light troops skirmished, partisans lurked in forests, horsemen carried fire and sword and everywhere civilians were brutalised, robbed, abused, starved and murdered.

Baroque warfare conjures up images of steady lines of automata in gaudy coats hefting musket and bayonet. Lenihan deploys a firm grasp of terrain, tactics, and technology to clarify and, in some cases, correct the received version of events. The author’s unrivalled expertise in the history of siegecraft, along with many plans and maps, explains and brings to life what would otherwise be an impenetrable mystery to the ordinary reader.

The war stopped abruptly because the sheer intensity of operations, far beyond the normal campaigning season, exacted a fearsome death toll from sickness, especially among the French. Most military histories do not grasp the significance of epidemic disease in deciding wars and campaigns. Not so, Game of Crowns.

Zorndorf 1758

 Today's anniversary. Battle of Zorndorf - Wikipedia

MICHAEL THE BRAVE - CALUGARENI (1971) - feature film online

 At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.

Thanks to Steve for reminding me about this epic film. Battle scene begin1hr 14.

Synopsis: An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pätrascu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires This movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama. Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu

Vive la Roy - St George's Canzona

 I don't know this one but it looks good. 

St. George's Canzona – Music Of The Roundheads And Cavaliers – 2 x Vinyl (LP, Album, Reissue), 1983 [r8611786] | Discogs

From the album "Music for Roundheads & Cavaliers" St George's Canzona

40 years old

 Tarleton's Jig – "For King and Parliament!" – Vinyl (LP, Stereo), 1986 [r11813539] | Discogs

This is my favourite ECW album. You can only get it on vinyl but for a reasonable price.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

 Wars of Louis Quatorze: ECWS at Farleigh Hungerford 1987

1733

This is my local castle. Spent a few fun weekends here. Farleigh Hungerford Castle - Wikipedia

Significance of Farleigh Hungerford Castle | English Heritage

Reconstruction painting of the inner court as it might have looked in the late 17th century, showing the quadrangular layout of the original 14th-century castle© Historic England (illustration by Philip Corke)

Wars of Louis Quatorze: The chapel at Farleigh Hungerford

Today in history

 

1743 – The War of the Hats: The Swedish army surrenders to the Russians in Helsinki, ending the war and starting Lesser Wrath.^[14]

The Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743 (also known as The War of the Hats or The Hats' war)^[4] was instigated by the Hats, a Swedish political party that aspired to regain the territories lost to Russia during the Great Northern War, and by French diplomacy, which sought to divert Russia's attention from supporting its long-standing ally the Habsburg monarchy in the War of the Austrian Succession. The war was a disaster for Sweden, which lost more territory to Russia.^[5]

Bariffe

 Drill used by the HAC. 

Military Discipline, first published in 1638 by Colonel William Barriffe, is a significant work that discusses military tactics and discipline. The work is titled "Military discipline: or, The young artillery man" and includes detailed instructions on the postures and motions for musketeers and pike-men, as well as various formations for battles. It was published by Thomas Harper and is available for free download on platforms like the Internet Archive

Trooping the Colour - 17th century style

 Company of Pikemen and Musketeers - Wikipedia

An interesting style of 17thc recreation that looks nothing like reenactors.

Useful image of a colour

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1642), "Soldier waves flag as battle rages" (1634). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Brown Digital

New from Empress Miniatures (28mm)

 Todays release is something very different.

Civilian agricultural tools. These have been primarily designed for the 17th Century and can be used as general items or to arm pikemen across the range to make them engineer types , clubmen or badly armed recruits as seen in the early months of the war, notably Edgehill.

They are also useful in many of our other periods.

https://www.empressminiatures.com/empress-english-civil...

Scanian war in the UK

 It's in my nature that I consider such things but we are, in Britain half there already. We could put a decent redcoat unit together for the Danes. Scanian War - Wikipedia

David Morier (1705^-70) - Hussars Attacking a Baggage Wagon - RCIN 406880 - Royal Collection

 

Mohacs 500

  Augusztus 22-én útjára indul a történelmi lovas zarándoklat Érdről Mohácsra, hogy lóháton, emlékhelyről emlékhelyre haladva idézze fel az 1526-os mohácsi csata előtti napok eseményeit és tisztelegjen a hősök emléke előtt.  Az 500. évforduló alkalmából mintegy 25 lovas indul útnak, hogy augusztus 28-án már várhatóan 80 lovassal érkezzen Sátorhelyre – a lovasokhoz idén is történelmi hajók csatlakoznak a Dunán!

On August 22, the historical horseback pilgrimage from Érdről to Mohács will set off, riding horseback, from memorial to memorial, to recall the events of the days before the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and to pay homage to the memory of the heroes.

About 25 horsemen will set out on the occasion of the 500th anniversary, and by August 28, an expected 80 horsemen will arrive in Sátorhely – this year, historical ships will also join the Danube for the horsemen!

https://ddnp.hu/.../tortenelmi_hagyomanyorzo_zarandoklat..