The League of Augsburg

How we viewed the battle in brief. The post match interviews in the tunnel to use the sporting idiom. Quite differently as you will see in terms of result!

Bob (Commander of the Williamite Right)
So it was decided, a game between Christmas & New Year, just an afternoon with friends on Ireland's bloodiest battlefield.How little we knew then.

Duke of Schomberg's Horse

Overall, the Williamite Army performed creditably but not inspiringly. Many regiments saw action, took casualties but did nothing beyond the ordinary . There were however, some notable exceptions;

Erle's held this position for much of the afternoon.

Thomas Erle's Regiment
Erle's were in the first wave of the advance but were spooked at the hedgerows and broke. They had to be rallied by a posse of...

Clarence Harrison - This time we've added a selection of French Horse from 1692-93 that fought in the battles of Steenkirk and Neerwinden.





There are more French on the way...

August the Strong's Saxon Army prepares to attack the enemy

Gunter Heim impressed us so much with his Saxon Army on his last visit to the UK that I just had to incorporate them into this year's schedule. We wanted to get the Swedes out again too as they are so different to game with. The final element to the game was my desire to put on a winter table and see how that looked.

The Williamite Army became very disorganized during the fighting. Many units fled the field without having seen action. Some brigades saw heavy fighting whilst others suffered few or no casualties what soever.

Another close combat for Kilmallock's

Starting on the army's right flank

Leveson's Regiment of Dragoons: Casualties zero. Holding position east of the Melehan stream.
Earl of Oxford's Regiment...

King William's infantry are ready to get their feet wet

It's one of those battles that people have heard of, even those with no interest in history. Like Waterloo, The Charge of the Light Brigade and The Somme, the Battle of the Boyne has crept into the British collective subconscious and lives in dark corners of hazy misinterpretation. "Isn't that where King Billy killed the Pope?" is an...

Editior: This was scheduled for last week, but somehow didn't post - I have been out of it for a few weeks and didn't notice! My apologies...

The grim statistics from the re-fight are quite revealing. Bare in mind that in the BLB system of casualties a unit loses are not meant to represent simply men killed in action but men wounded, deserters and a reduction in overall unit fighting effectiveness....

Aughrim Village from the Causeway:copyright BHilton.

Now it is all over it is worth reflecting on the differences between our result and that of history. Well, firstly,
the Jacobites were victorious by holding their line and completely repulsing the enemy! This would have meant in historical terms possibly -

We are now pleased to offer the second edition of Beneath the Lily Banners in two digital formats...

High Resolution (300dpi)
This version contains extensive bookmarks and has been configured for printing. It looks absolutely stunning on desktops and laptops. Like any PDF you can load it onto your tablet but with its large file size it makes viewing cumbersome.

Low Resolution (96dpi)
This pdf has been...

Reconvening about a further three weeks down the line...Barry concludes the battle report  on the epic struggle at Aughrim.

Judging by his top you couldn't tell Gerry was Ginkel!! The start of Part 3.

For all you marathon runners out there; To recap, 10 x 6 feet table, about 1,600 miniatures and so far about 13 hours of gaming. Four players come together for the third time to try and resolve the...