The Ragged Soldier

Wallenstein's armies were better dressed and possibly more uniformed..than those of Tilly ( a believer in "a ragged soldier and a bright musket" ) - George Gush, 'Renaissance Armies'

Sunday, 28 June 2020

The attack on Monte Lucedelsole : as it happened

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We last saw the fight for Monte Lucedelsole  just beginning, with Colonel Badger's force appearing by road from the South, and running i...
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Thursday, 25 June 2020

The Attack on Monte Lucedelsole : opening shots

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Having put together some basic WW2 forces to contest some mostly imaginary parts of sunny Italy, 1943-44, I thought I'd give 'Badger...
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Thursday, 18 June 2020

Further Frederician ( and Maurician ) Reading

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' War is a science replete with shadows in whose obscurity one cannot move with an assured step...  All sciences have principles and rul...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Where Next with the Seven Years War ? Rules and Regulations part 2

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" I didn't have time to write a short letter; so I wrote a long one instead " - Mark Twain *. Last time I looked at some older...
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Saturday, 30 May 2020

..In Sunny Italy

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Just a quick teaser for future posts :  the other day my ' D-Day Dodgers ' WW2 forces saw their first action.  For some of the troop...
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Sunday, 24 May 2020

Where next with the Seven Years War? (2) Rules and Regulations

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"It is the need to have every detail consistent that is the bete noir of the professional wargamer. It leads him to compile regulations...
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Saturday, 16 May 2020

Where next with The Seven Years War ? (1) Eric's Lead Mountain

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Eric Knowles' Prussians - setting a high bar Having fought my first three battles with 'The Portable Seven Years War' and fi...
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