The League of Augsburg
Fate, Fortune or Faithlessness? Camaret Bay June 18th, 1694. Part 3
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| Possibly Lord Carmarthen running the Gullet |
Consequence of perfidy
When the Allied fleet arrived in Camaret Bay it immediately came under fire from the forts around Camaret village and those at Bertheaume Bay on the northern shore opposite. The plan was for men o’ war to run the narrow channel called the ‘Gullet’ between the two headlands and sail into the anchorage at Brest. This gap was exactly...
Taking Baby out for its first stroll
Partizan was the debut of With Talon and Claw and I am pleased to say it was a sunny day for the new born. Several customers took delivery of their pre ordered books and a brisk trade was had by North Star who were selling the book on the day.
The launch weekend has been a success and we've shifted enough copies already to ensure the book will have a healthy life.
The game I chose as the launch pad...
Huzzah for Lithuania!
All the way from Vilnius, bang on time (I always like to under promise and over deliver) and in very good nick.....
With Talon and Claw has arrived in Scotland!
This means..
Pre orders will go out tomorrow and Saturday which is six days ahead of schedule and..
If you are going to Partizan you can pay in advance and pick up your copy on the day without a postage charge if you haven't pre-ordered...
Marlborough's Danes
Yes, I know. How could Warfare have produced such an important component of the armies of the period without me getting my act together and at least letting everyone see what they look like in battalions?
An unforgivable omission but as always I will trot out my 'one man team' excuse. Well, that and Ottomans, Wagonburgs, wee ships, Cossacks and the like.
Anyway at last I have some units of Danes to...
Pre ordering with Talon and Claw
It has taken a while to complete and it is considerably larger than I had first intended however, the Great Northern War and Eastern Wars supplement to Beneath the Lily Banners is finally off to the printers.
With Talon and Claw is scheduled for shipment of pre-orders on August 22nd 2019 with general release on September 2nd.
The RRP for With Talon and Claw is £30 ex postage
Pre orders will be...
Tocht naar Chatham 1667 - The 28mm bit begins
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| The first unit of Dutch Marines - uniform colours from colonial naval infantry of the same period. |
Having co written Donnybrook and produced an as yet unpublished extension for Beneath the Lily Banners dealing with small unit actions it was always the plan to deal with some of the 1667 Medway fighting in 28mm.
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| Other units will have different flags |
There appears to be no concensus regarding the long...
Blood & Cutts! Part 2
The second part of my piece on Lord John Cutts of Gowran.
An appraisal of England’s fire eating general
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| English hero - for sure, Subject of Swiftian satire - definitely! |
What he did best
His speciality was leading assaults into the breach. Many of his wounds were received in such situations. He seemed to gravitate towards peers and superiors with a similar disposition to his own. One such, Thomas...
Blood & Cutts! Part 1
This article appeared in issue #379 May 2019 or Wargames Illustrated. I am publishing it on the blog in three parts as it is fairly long.
An appraisal of England’s fire eating general
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| John Cutts painted by Wissing around 1687, aged about 24 |
Like many notable men of his era, John Cutts is difficult to define in terms of good or bad, wrong or right. If considered only by his military deeds it...
Dismounted Cossacks now available to order
We are delighted to announce that two new codes of dismounted Cossacks are now available to order.
Price £8.50 per pack excluding postage.
They can be found in the online shop here:
https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-subcat-58.html
Suitable for a wide period between around 1600 and 1750 or even beyond.
The War Wagon
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| The finished War wagon in profile |
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| The original wagon from which the war wagon is constructed. All that was used was the flat bed and wheels. |
I had this idea in my head to build a centre piece for the Ottoman wagonburg. I wanted a something practical but distinctive and I gained a lot of valuable experience arsing around with the twelve defensive pieces built for the wagonburg circumference.
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| The... |
Battle of the Skull Mound - Part 3: Reflections
I promised a look back at the performance of both the Ottoman based infantry force and the Cossack Force which was used in the Skull Mound game.
Let's deal with the Ottomans first. We beefed up the quality of the this force in order to achieve a points match with the enemy. This resulted in two Guard quality units - something that rarely if ever happens in the Western theatre but these ratings are...
The War of Three Kings Goes Digital!
Take the field and win the crown of England for your chosen liege Lord! Fight for King James and aided by your French allies, lead the Irish Army to victory against the usurper and his foreign horde. Support King William’s claim to the throne and captain an international army of English, Irish, Dutch, Danish and French Huguenot soldiers to wrest the crown from the hands of the tyrant!
The War of...
The War of...