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Emperor Napoleon’s Grande Armée faced off against an allied Austro-Russian army near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna, Czech ...
After the events at Lexington and Concord, the British column that had emerged from Boston still had to travel back to the city. By the late morning on April 19, the alarm had been raised across ...
It's OTTWeekender time! Victrix have raised the bar and their scale for a new range of WWII miniatures in 28mm, with the first release being a German infantry platoon with all the support options you ...
Twice married, he had fathered 16 children. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Smith was chosen to lead a flying column of British redcoats into the small town. Smith chose his men well. He selected the elite ...
The concert included the ‘Saddleworth anthem, ’Hail Smiling Morn’ and ended fittingly with ‘The British Grenadiers.’ Garrath, who organised the event, said: "It was a wonderful community event and ...
The Napoleon Complex - aka 'small man syndrome' - suggests short men are overly aggressive. But is it true? And was Napoleon himself even short? It seems we may have been spun a neat web of lies ...
Perry Miniatures offer them in 28mm. One could use existing late war Napoleonic British light dragoons as proxies and ignore the coloured lapels. In smaller scales and starting from scratch, painting ...
With access to a unique archive of personal letters, this documentary brings the love story of Napoleon to life. The unpublished love letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine shed new light on Napoleon ...
The British vanguard numbered around 1500 men made up of 2 troops of the 16th Light Dragoons and a troop Hessian mounted Jaegers, with the balance made up of Hessian grenadiers and Jaegers. The main ...