Philips Norton 1685

Steve Carter's excellent Monmouth page takes us to my local battle Philips Norton. Find out more here.

Dettingen 1743 Royal Welch Fusilier

This is excellent. Richard Marren of the 23rd Royal Welch fusiliers Napoleonic did this impression of the RWF at Dettingen  photography by Skipping Red Panda.

As the RWF says 'The battle was significant for the 23rd. Colonel Newsham Peers led the Royal Welch Fusiliers into the battle, though was wounded during the first attack and died later. Peers was the last Colonel of the regiment to be in command during battle.'

G.F. Handel The Dettingen Te Deum & The Dettingen Anthem, Simon Preston

Today is the anniversary of Dettingen 1743 so I thought a little music might be in order. 

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

Yesterday in 1673 the historical D'Artagnan died at the Siege of Maastricht. From the wiki. 
Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan (French pronunciation: ​[ʃaʁl oʒje də bats də kastɛlmɔʁ kɔ̃t daʁtaɲɑ̃]) (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673) served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas, most famously including The Three Musketeers (1844). The heavily fictionalized version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas's works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure.

Mousquetaires au prise de Gand (1678). Fragment

Louis XIV et le siège de Maastricht en 1673

Haven't really written much about the siege of Maastricht. The pic at the top of this page is Monmouth there. Wiki on the siege

Keynsham Bridge 25 June 1685

I don't know whether any of you have been following Steve Carters webpage about the Monmouth Rebellion it's very good. Keynsham Bridge today