Sunday, 7 April 2019

Day of the Siege Official Trailer (2014) - F. Murray Abraham Epic Movie HD

Siege of Vienna - missed this when it came out  Might be rubbish. 

Friday, 5 April 2019

1/32 Seven Years War

Found these for sale on ebay - they're HaT Prussians (Action) painted as Austrians. Here

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Régiment de Bretagne, Ancien Régime

New French group. Facebook page here 
Read the history of the regiment in English here at Kronoskaf

Notre groupe a pour but de reconstituer le régiment Breton durant la guerre de 7ans, en voici un rapide aperçut historique à travers quelques dates ... 
Fusiller du Régiment de Bretagne sous Louis XV durant la guerre de 7 ans

Exercices militaire du maniement des armes sous Louis XV
Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, né le 17 août 1720 à Valenciennes, et mort le 4 janvier 1778 à Bruxelles, est un peintre et graveur français surtout connu par la très grande quantité de dessins et de compositions qu’il a réalisés pour les éditeurs de son temps.

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Prince Rupert and the Battle of Birmingham

Prince Rupert shown attacking "Brimidgham", from the Parliamentarian pamphlet A True Relation of Prince Ruperts Barbarous Cruelty against the Towne of Brumingham
The Battle of Camp Hill (or the Battle of Birmingham) took place in and around Camp Hill, during the First English Civil War, on Easter Monday, 3 April 1643, when a company of Parliamentarians from the Lichfield garrison with the support of some of the local townsmen, in all about 300 men, attempted to stop a detachment of Royalists, of about 1,200 cavalry and 200 foot men, under the command of Prince Rupert from passing through the unfortified parliamentary town of Birmingham.

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Monday, 1 April 2019

The army of August the Strong in the Great Northern War


Thought I would post this again as it's a useful book and goes well with the other GNW books you might have.  Art Sascha Lunyakov

Pike and Shot enthusiasts in Australia

This is impressive - here's what they had to say. Grolle is the big 17thc weekend in Holland. 
'Company Batavia and Company of the Cross drill weekend in Jugiong NSW Australia 🇦🇺 Some of us will be attending Grolle. It’s a long way but we know it’s certainly worth it. Stay tuned for more photos after our first national event in April'
the photos were taken by Bill Lincoln who is a member of Compagnie Batavia. Thanks to Mark Lee.