Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Die Armee Augusts des Starken: das sächsische Heer von 1730 bis 1733

Reinhold Muller
Militärverlag der DDR
Berlin, 1984


Zeithainer Lustlager 1730

Wiki here
 Saxon artillery of 1730 from
Army of Augustus 
 

The Guns of Koenigstein

A query about carriage colours of Saxon cannons came up and this led me to this lovely collection at Koenigstein fortress

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Nec Pluribus impar 1660-1715

Today in 1715

On this day 300 years ago Louis XIV of France dies. This is an interest for me as I have been following tercentenary events since 1985 when I did the Monmouth 300th.

Sunday, 30 August 2015

John S.C. Schaak

Soldiers of the Light Troop of the 9th Dragoons outside a tavern, an encampment beyond , 1762