tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60150610416745318872012-01-25T15:01:23.366-05:00Dur EcuDur Écu chronicles my interests and research in various areas of history, chiefly military history. Much of this work is related to personal projects and some, I suppose, to my day job, since the two overlap from time to time. A glance at the Labels will show the current range of those interests.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-3273773147652706412012-01-25T15:01:00.000-05:002012-01-25T15:01:23.385-05:00German Jagdpanzer 38(t) “Hetzer”
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Above: Pvt. William Keane, 74th New York Infantry (2d Fire Zouaves)
This wonderful colorized photograph is a bit dark, but nonetheless worth a few moments of your time. It depicts a soldier belonging to the celebrated (or notorious) Gen. Daniel E. Sickles' Excelsior Brigade and is drawn from the website of the New York State Military Museum: http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
As Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-12436129509794684582012-01-18T20:27:00.000-05:002012-01-18T21:58:36.860-05:00Huger’s (and Lee’s) Presence at Oak Grove
Above:
Part of a map showing the "Position of Troops, Morning of June 25, 1862." Huger’s Division’s position is
shown at left center toward the top of the legend. This map was probably the
principal source for Sears’ map of Oak Grove in To the Gates of Richmond. Source: Library of Congress. Geography
& Map Division. Landers, Howard Lee, and Donald E. Windham. [Seven Days'
Battles, Virginia,Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-36393958486313359792012-01-14T21:07:00.000-05:002012-01-14T21:07:37.002-05:00West Point “gave us some dummies”
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Above: Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley, C.S.A.
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Gen. Benjamin Huger, C.S.A. (Library of Congress)
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The latest issue of Blue & Gray magazine (see above) examines the places and events of the Civil War in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). For an excellent synopsis of this neglected subject, see the website of the Oklahoma Historical Society: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CI011.htmlDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-85103105820017036382011-12-17T22:04:00.000-05:002011-12-17T22:09:36.868-05:00Nor must Uncle Sam’s Web-feet be forgotten
Above (top): USS Sebago; (bottom) USS Maratanza
In the aftermath of the Confederate evacuation of their
defensive lines at Yorktown, the Union navy was unleashed, pursuing the
Confederates westward toward Richmond on both sides of the Virginia Peninsula. Scouting,
raiding, and generally raising havoc, the navy ranged ahead of the land forces,
using the James River in the south and Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-83882449026334912011-12-08T15:16:00.001-05:002011-12-08T16:00:31.418-05:00Colonels in Blue
Hunt,
Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War : The
Mid-Atlantic States : Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the
District of Columbia. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2007.
This volume is one of three related collective biographies produced by the author. A companion volume, recently printed, is listed below. In addition, there is an earlier work, Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-64841369112583145762011-12-03T13:00:00.001-05:002011-12-03T13:14:33.656-05:00Between the Lines at Gettysburg
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Above: View South Southeast toward the Lutheran Theological Seminary on Seminary Ridge.
Above: View Southeast toward the town of Gettysburg (hidden by trees).
These views were taken from the same position under the bridge abutment as the previous view posted on Nov. 16, but the camera is now pointed southerly as opposed to northerly. In the upper view, the monuments of the 95th N.Y. Inf.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-46967115884446162802011-11-23T15:51:00.001-05:002011-11-23T16:01:40.701-05:00Straggling (and General Early’s Humor)
Gen. Jubal Anderson Early ("Old Jube")
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Above:
Federal Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth was killed in action at Gettysburg, July 3,
1863.
I’ve
been putting together a spreadsheet showing details of fatal battle casualties
among general officers in the cavalry arm during the U.S. Civil War. According
to data assembled by Russell K. Brown, there were 158 general officer
combat-related fatalities in the war (78 Federal and 80 Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-39404073922405148972011-11-09T17:20:00.000-05:002011-11-09T17:20:34.215-05:00Custer's Last Stand
This diorama of Custer's Last Stand was produced by Bugle and Guidon, Inc., as a postcard to accompany its kit No. BG-18 in the mid-1970s. Constructed by Thomas E. Bookwalter, it depicts the final moments of Custer (hatless, staring at the viewer, and wearing the distictive cravat of his Civil War "Red Tie Boys") and his last companions, including his insuperably brave brother Tom (also Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-25296522985241466632011-11-06T13:58:00.000-05:002011-11-07T13:04:34.652-05:00Chancellorsville (again)
Bigelow, John. The Campaign of
Chancellorsville, A Strategic and Tactical Study. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1910.
Furgurson, Ernest B. Chancellorsville,
1863: The Souls of the Brave. New York: Knopf, 1992.
Having previously mentioned Sears’ book on the
battle, I thought I’d at least cite (above) a couple more readily available
histories of the campaign and battle of Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-32372219370378204322011-11-05T12:23:00.000-04:002011-11-05T12:24:00.150-04:00Galleon (Sp. Galeón)
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mso-padding-alt:0in Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-86377326816438795352011-10-28T17:14:00.000-04:002011-10-28T18:03:54.819-04:00Contents of Mosby's Confederacy
Rather a busy day here and expecting a snowstorm or just a mess tomorrow (we generally get our first snowfall in early December), so not much free time to devote to the blog. I thought it best to post the table of contents of Mosby's Confederacy to give an idea of the book's organization and ... contents. The various tours listed can each be accomplished in the space of day, provided one hasDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-80225997790100635752011-10-27T17:00:00.000-04:002011-10-27T17:00:11.339-04:00Mosby's Confederacy
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View of the 70-foot high cliff at Ball's Bluff from the beach or bench of the Potomac River. On the day of the battle, the river was running fast. It was from here that Federal survivors of the battle sought escape by any means. The beach here was about 60 yards wide, according to a contemporary account, and in the gathering darkness after the battle on the bluff had ended, Confederates on Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-67025021747959201592011-10-23T16:44:00.000-04:002011-10-23T16:50:35.771-04:00"Has Sparta more?"
View of the precipice at Ball's Bluff, Va.
Friday last was the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, fought near Leesburg, Va., on Oct. 21, 1861. A Federal force of about 1,700 men, commanded by President Lincoln's long-time friend (and U.S. senator from Oregon) Col. Edward D. Baker, crossed the Potomac above Leesburg as part of a three-pronged demonstration against the town. Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-41586082387188541422011-10-22T15:47:00.000-04:002011-10-22T15:47:20.394-04:00Alexandria Goes to War
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Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
And herewith, the third ten. So far, no contentiousness, but I have started to make a list of people that perhaps or most definitely deserve mention among the selectees but due to the vagaries of the Delphi method were somehow left out.
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Above: Maurits van Nassau
Here is the second ten:
Subotai (c. 1172-1245)
Edward
I (1239-1307)
Edward
III (1312-1377)
Tamerlane
(1336-1405)
Mohammed
II (1432-1481)
Gonsalvo
de Córdoba (1453-1515)
Babur
(1483-1530)
Maurice
of Nassau (1567-1625)
Akbar
(1542-1605)
Gustav
II Adolf (1594-1632)
Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-50781348170029809172011-10-09T22:20:00.000-04:002011-10-09T22:20:06.068-04:00Military Greats: Great Generals (1)
Above: Genghis Khan and Three of His Four Sons (BNF)
Many years ago, my colleagues and I put together lists of military greats in several categories, e.g., great generals, great land battles, great developments in military technology, etc. We eventually had 14 such lists, varying in length from 15-60 entries. I recently rediscovered my copy of the draft lists (all save one), so I thought I'dDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-49940567155800763332011-10-07T14:20:00.000-04:002011-10-25T20:36:47.103-04:00Contents of Turenne et l'Art Militaire
Among the contributions, I most appreciated Humbert's on Turenne in Italy and Foerster's on Turenne and Montecuccoli. There is quite a lot here, though, and if you're interested in the military epoch and comfortable with the language, you may wish to make the effort to obtain the book.
Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-84865181079103531512011-10-03T19:17:00.000-04:002011-10-03T19:17:16.173-04:00Zusmarshausen, May 17, 1648
Above: A portion of an engraving depicting the fighting at Zusmarshausen, a sharp rear-guard action on May 17, 1648, that was the last relatively large engagement between field armies in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Source: Above: A portion of an engraving depicting the fighting at Zusmarshausen, a sharp rear-guard action on May 17, 1648, that was the last relatively large engagement Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-44883657369428662742011-09-28T17:03:00.000-04:002011-09-28T17:03:18.623-04:00Turenne
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The latest issue of Blue & Gray magazine arrived recently. The focus of this issue is apparent from a glance at the cover (above). The principal author and guide to the sites covered is Gary L. Ecelbarger, who (to my mind at least) is the reigning expert on "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign of spring 1862.
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Michno, Gregory, and Susan Michno. Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Pub. Co., 2008.
In this book, the Michnos (husband and wife) supplement the coverage of their earlier book, the Encyclopedia of Indian Wars (2003), with a detailed compilation covering about 300 small fights of the Indian wars during 1823-Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-69110473878222559492011-09-10T16:58:00.000-04:002011-09-10T16:58:13.821-04:00Marin Sanudo's Diaries
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mso-padding-alt:0in Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-47314426793462709942011-04-15T17:43:00.001-04:002011-04-17T20:05:36.098-04:00Fox Warrior, 1731
While browsing the superb website of the Bibliotheque nationale de France (gallica.bnf.fr) today, I came upon this striking image labeled "Guerrier Renard." It's a watercolor depicting a warrior of the Fox tribe in 1731. The Fox, an Algonquian people, were noted as warlike and appear to have been held in rather low regard by both the French and their Indian neighbors. At that time, they Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-21345769707178436162011-02-10T20:59:00.000-05:002011-12-11T22:19:50.719-05:00French Beaulieu 4-lb RML Light Field Gun (1860)
After the Crimean War, the standard French bronze 4-lb SBML light field guns were rifled on a plan devised by Col. Treuille de Beaulieu. Although the elongated projectile fired by the new rifle gun was heavier than the old four-pound ball of the smoothbore, the new gun retained its old designation. The service life of the tube was 1,200-1,500 rounds. When the rifling was worn, the gun was Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-56818045454852067242011-02-09T17:26:00.000-05:002011-02-09T17:26:04.836-05:00Leaders of the Lost Cause (2)
Returning to this interesting book, I thought that I’d mention an interesting approach that editors Gary W. Gallagher and Joseph T. Glatthaar took to the selection and assignment of authors to subjects. Essays were assigned to authors who had never previously written on the particular subject. Although this could not be followed completely, the essays largely do provide fresh views on the Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-39029026182929808162011-02-07T12:01:00.000-05:002011-02-07T12:01:54.541-05:00Leaders of the Lost Cause
This handy volume provides biographical and interpretive essays on eight Confederate general officers who attained the rank of full general (equivalent to four-star) during the course of the U.S. Civil War. These men were: Robert E. Lee, P. G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Samuel Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Edmund Kirby Smith, and John Bell Hood. In addition, the editorsDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-60169178061570936682011-02-01T14:10:00.000-05:002011-02-01T14:10:42.760-05:00The Florida Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg
The latest issue of Blue & Gray (Vol. 27:4) arrived recently, and by coincidence, the feature article focuses on the combats of the Florida Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg. In the battle, the brigade, consisting of the 2d, 5th, and 8th Florida regiments, saw action on July 2d and 3d in the attacks against the Federal III and II Corps along the Emmitsburg Road between the Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-49813681657400208872011-01-23T21:40:00.000-05:002011-01-23T21:40:38.297-05:00The Florida Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia
This excellent book details the service of the Florida Brigade in Lee's army. Very little has been written on this formation, and the records are scant. Robert K. Krick's Foreword states that the authors "have resurrected the Florida brigade...from oblivion. Nearly a century and a half after their campaigns, the Florida men who fought under Perry, Lang, and Finegan on the battlefields of Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-85604748556064459162011-01-19T12:48:00.000-05:002011-01-19T12:48:34.405-05:00Henri de Schomberg (3)
Above: Schomberg's victory over the English on the Isle de Re
At the epic Siege of La Rochelle (Aug. 15, 1627-Oct. 28, 1628), Schomberg was one of the commanders of the Royal Army and led the force that relieved the citadel of St. Martin on the Isle de Ré, which was besieged by the English under Buckingham. Schomberg’s relief force landed on the island on Nov. 7, 1627, and drove the English offDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-66716745244899231042011-01-18T14:33:00.000-05:002011-01-18T14:33:55.144-05:00Henri de Schomberg (2)Trust but verify: The image used to illustrate our first post on Schomberg was taken from Wikimedia Commons, which in turn attributes it to a book by F. de Vaux de Foletier titled Le Siège de La Rochelle (Paris, 1931). After I uploaded the image, I noticed that the label “Dvc d’Allvyn” was on the pedestal supporting the bust of Henri de Schomberg, and having completed the biographical sketch, I Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-77421379279940610572011-01-15T16:26:00.000-05:002011-01-15T16:26:18.048-05:00Henri de Schomberg
Schomberg [Schonberg], Henri de, comte de Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (1575-1632). French grandmaster of the artillery; mdF; superintendent of finances.
Known in his youth as the Count of Nanteuil, he was the son of Gaspard de Schomberg, a distinguished German officer who had served King Henry III as a captain of reiters and had risen to the grade of colonel general of the German cavalry in the king’sDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-25670777306627551022011-01-12T19:00:00.000-05:002011-01-12T19:00:42.973-05:00Russian Pandours, Seven Years' War
These figures are old Minifigs 25mm depicting grenadiers of Russian Pandour regiments of the Seven Years’ War period. There were two such regiments, each consisting of 20 companies, 15 of musketeers and 5 of grenadiers. They were formed from Serbian refugees who had been displaced by the Turks from the Austrian-Turkish frontier and settled in a region of Ukraine designated as “New Serbia.” The Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-29567455714078311872011-01-05T18:07:00.000-05:002011-01-05T18:07:37.901-05:00Breitenfeld I (September 17, 1631)
Recently, Stephane at "De Rohan a Turenne" http://rohanturenne.blogspot.com/ posted a couple maps of the Thirty Years' War Battle of Breitenfeld I (1631) from Grimoard's Essai theorique ... (1775). My attempt to comment on the maps was effectively trashed by Google for some reason, but Stephane's post prompted me to pull my file on the battle and revisit the musings of contemporaries and others Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-16555359368459550062010-12-22T20:54:00.000-05:002010-12-22T20:54:58.879-05:00Thirty Years' War Musketeers
Mikes Models 15mm Thirty Years' War period musketeers. I really like these guys and seem to have enough to form a few regiments for my French army.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-67330017280953391192010-12-18T22:02:00.000-05:002010-12-18T22:02:11.130-05:00Heath's Armies of the Sixteenth Century (1)
As you can see from the title page, this is volume 2 of Ian Heath's excellent work. This volume deals with the armed forces present in the New World, both European and indigenous. I cannot think of any comparable work and recommend it for anyone interested in the topic. It was published in 1997 and has not been superseded to my knowledge.
The book is divided into five (geographic) sections, notDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-67821096175637222010-12-13T17:59:00.000-05:002010-12-13T17:59:18.657-05:00Russian Line Infantry, Seven Years' War (3)
Here is some information on the organization of the musketeer regiments:
Regimental Staff
1 colonel
1 lieutenant colonel
1 first major
1 second major
The first three officers were battalion commanders.
Musketeer Company
The authorized strength of the musketeer company was 162 officers and enlisted personnel, as follows:
5 officers
7 NCOs
4 bandsmen
144 musketeers
2 non-combatants
Musketeer Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-71860140802460746772010-12-12T18:05:00.000-05:002010-12-12T18:05:23.637-05:00Russian Line Infantry, Seven Years' War (2)
There were 46 musketeer regiments -- the number cited will vary, depending on source and year. Each of these consisted of three musketeer battalions and two grenadier companies. The musketeer regiments for the most part had territorial designations, such as the names of cities, towns, and provinces. When musketeer regiments were assigned to field armies, they generally sent two battalions, Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-27424523104410269882010-12-11T20:43:00.000-05:002010-12-11T20:43:07.608-05:00Russian Line Infantry, Seven Years' War (1)
These figures show the typical uniforms of the Russian line musketeers of the war. They are Minifigs 25mm, painted I suspect sometime in the 1980s. I have quite a large number of them (as befits a Russian army). My group at the time, in metro Washington, D.C., used homegrown SYW rules, and my recollection is that they gave a satisfactory game.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-4589377074473431602010-12-08T18:26:00.000-05:002010-12-08T18:26:54.218-05:00Modern Guerrilla Warfare
Having spent the better part of the last five years or so studying and analyzing the subject, it's a pleasure to catch up with some of the earlier literature which, while appealing, hadn't seemed directly (too) useful to the work at hand. In fact, Osanka's volume is useful as representative of the thinking in the West on guerrilla warfare as it confronted the Communist threat worldwide at the Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-28082348928379727872010-12-04T18:20:00.000-05:002010-12-04T18:20:38.834-05:00Sumner's Corps at Antietam
This is a copiously-researched study of Maj. Gen. Edwin V. ("Bull") Sumner's Federal Second Corps in the Antietam (Sharpsburg) campaign of September 1862. In the climactic Battle of Antietam (Sept. 17), the corps' three divisions played a key role in the attack on the Confederate left (West Woods) and left-center (Bloody Lane). Besides the usual chronological narrative, the author has done a Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-60609259059768921962010-10-15T18:41:00.000-04:002010-10-15T18:41:12.516-04:00Winter at Morristown, 1779-1780
This book provides a detailed description of the Morristown, N.J., encampment of the Continental Army during the winter of 1779-80, and the various operations and combats in northeastern New Jersey between the Americans and the British, Hessian, and Loyalist forces quartered chiefly on Staten Island. I have to say that I am a big fan of the publications of this small press, which set a standard Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-82796164910333736932010-10-14T16:16:00.000-04:002010-10-14T16:16:45.747-04:002,500th Anniversary of the Battle of Marathon
Above: Tymvos (burial mound) of the 192 Athenians who died in the battle.
"They took up their position, and when the sacrifices proved propitious the Athenians were given the signal and advanced on the barbarians at the run." -- HerodotusDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-71147925653246196282010-10-02T22:16:00.000-04:002010-10-02T22:16:37.526-04:00Second Battle of Manassas
This sketch shows the battle (Aug. 30, 1862) from the Henry House Hill behind the Union center, looking northwest toward the Union right and right center on the Dogan Ridge. The Stone House is in the foreground, and Reynolds' Division is marching to reinforce the Union left. Remarkably, today, you can stand in the spot from which the sketch was made and re-imagine the scene much as it was when Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-83780232590216781212010-09-29T16:27:00.002-04:002010-09-29T16:52:21.941-04:00Queen of the Confederacy
"Submissiveness is not my role, but certain platitudes on certain occasions are among the innocent deceits of the sex." So spoke Lucy Petaway Holcombe Pickens (1832-1899). As you can see, she is the subject of a book by Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis titled Queen of the Confederacy (Denton, Tex.: University of North Texas Press, 2002).I haven't seen the book, but the subject sounds interesting. SheDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-45191720898812824922010-09-27T16:39:00.000-04:002010-09-27T16:39:19.353-04:00An Englishman with Mosby's Partisan Raiders
Capt. Bradford S. Hoskins, 44th Foot(image courtesy of Bob Daly, via Stuart-Mosby Hist. Soc.)
Captain Hoskins was an English adventurer who was a veteran of the Crimean War and Garibaldi's Sicilian campaign. He enlisted with John S. Mosby's band of Confederate partisans and took part in the fight at Miskel's Farm in Loudoun County, Va. (Apr. 1, 1863), and the attack on a military train near Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-12681307971867507302010-09-24T14:43:00.000-04:002010-09-24T14:43:14.402-04:00Le colonel ArmandArmand-Charles Tuffin, marquis de La Rouerie (1750-1793)
I haven't posted much recently, since I've been busy with my book, but I thought I'd mention this book, which I picked-up yesterday as a kind of divertissement (or busman's holiday) from my daily research. Armand has always interested me, although confessedly I knew little about him (by contrast to Lafayette, his comrade-in-arms, or even Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-88869890518541988862010-09-06T17:55:00.000-04:002010-09-06T17:55:10.432-04:00Manassas Trails (5)
On the Confederate Line at First Manassas
This photo was taken from the Confederate line, looking west across the plateau of Henry Hill toward the Henry House. The house itself marks the position of the Federal line.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-58301603557951023712010-09-06T17:40:00.000-04:002010-09-06T17:40:03.162-04:00Manassas Trails (4)
Behind the Gun Line on Henry Hill
This area would have been crowded with caissons, limbers, and teams belonging to the artillery on the crest (just visible if you look closely). Infantry supports for the guns would be deployed here also.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-7079496712616401362010-09-06T17:31:00.000-04:002010-09-06T17:31:12.634-04:00Manassas Trails (3)
Line of Trees Just East of the Confederate Line on Henry Hill
Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-90964264625365033512010-09-06T17:23:00.000-04:002010-09-06T17:23:14.989-04:00Manassas Trails (2)
The Road is Less Steep and Less a "Sunken Road"
Closing on the eastern side of the Henry House plateau, the road is less steep. On the day of battle in 1861, it would no doubt have been crowded with soldiers going forward and wounded comng back. The shade was welcome as the heat, mixed with the smoke and dust, was oppressive.
Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-58792468453213659662010-09-06T17:08:00.000-04:002010-09-06T17:08:07.116-04:00Manassas Trails
Farm Road Ascending from the Valley of Holkum Branch
Yesterday I was at Manassas National Battlefield Park doing a terrain study for the cavalry battle on the Federal left and rear at Second Manassas. To get to that site from the Visitor Center, you have to hike from the Confederate line on Henry Hill (first battle) approximately southeast and then south to the site of Portici -- the manse that Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-9323488542895505212010-07-25T15:27:00.000-04:002010-07-25T15:27:36.401-04:00The Black Bands of GiovanniAbove: From the book's cover - "The Death of Giovanni de' Medici" (Hendrik Goltzius, Antwerp, 1583)
Arfaioli, Maurizio. The Black Bands of Giovanni: Infantry and Diplomacy during the Italian Wars (1526-1528). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Pisa University Press, 2005.
I seem to have spent rather more time recently reading about the Great Italian Wars of the renaissance than I perhaps should have. In part, Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-67263830384999303492010-07-12T10:49:00.000-04:002010-07-12T10:49:49.234-04:00Stradiots and JinetesThe stradiots, shown by the five figures left above, were modeled on the drawing on p. 28 (b) of Renaissance Armies. Stradiots could be found principally in Venetian service during the Italian Wars. The right-hand figure depicts the famous Spanish light cavalry, known as jinetes or genitors. It is based on Heath's sketch of a jinete on p. 51 (n) of Renaissance Armies. These are 15mm Mikes Models Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-38403214760429346672010-07-11T13:09:00.000-04:002010-07-11T13:09:38.041-04:00Indian (Moghul) Musketeers
This Mikes Models figure is based on the sketch in Gush's Renaissance Armies, p. 105 (a). It's interesting that so many of the figures in the Mikes Models range were based on Ian Heath's excellent drawings in Gush's book. Helpful too, since at a remove of decades, one can precisely identify half-forgotten figures fished from a cigar box.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-44324450812022417062010-07-11T12:56:00.000-04:002010-07-11T12:56:48.310-04:00Moorish Arquebusiers
More Mikes Models figures, these 16th century Moorish (Moroccan) arquebusiers seem to have been modeled on the sketch on p. 95 (g) in Gush's Renaissance Armies. Gush's brief description of the Moorish kingdom and its array of enemies, both European and African, indicates that it is a fascinating subject for a wargames army. Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-19785639949000724212010-07-10T17:44:00.000-04:002010-07-10T17:44:06.772-04:00Ottoman Infantry: Yayas
Above: Mikes Models 15mm "Yayas"
The Yayas were an Ottoman peasant militia that were the predecessors of the Azabs. They were granted land in return for their military service and seem to have been mostly bow-armed irregulars. In my army, they are depicted by Mikes Models figures that appear to have been modeled on the Moorish bowman depicted in Gush's Renaissance Armies, p. 95 (e). Yayas and Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-51034772922293077472010-07-09T15:55:00.000-04:002010-07-09T15:55:22.699-04:00Ottoman Infantry: Azabs
Above: Three views of 15mm Azabs
The photos show a ten-figure unit of Turkish infantry (probably Mikes Models) based for WRG rules and suitable for late 15th - mid-17th century Azabs. This figure appears to have been modeled after the arquebusier sketched on p. 78 (b) of George Gush's Renaissance Armies, 1480-1650.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-77733708310126860452010-06-26T14:27:00.000-04:002010-06-26T14:27:54.054-04:00The Renaissance and the Crisis of the Italian Military
Pieri, Piero. Il Rinascimento e la crisi militare italiana. Biblioteca di cultura storica, 45. Torino: G. Einaudi, 1952.
This was, and I expect remains, the principal general source for the military history of the Italian states during the transition from medieval to modern warfare that took place (rather rudely for Italy) during 1494-1530. It is a truly magisterial work, encompassing 661 pagesDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-43426952834266900652010-06-24T18:35:00.000-04:002010-06-24T18:35:34.597-04:00From Pavia to Rocroi
Albi de la Cuesta, Julio. De Pavía a Rocroi: los tercios de infantería española en los siglos XVI y XVII. [Madrid]: Balkan Ediciones, 1999.
A very interesting examination of the Spanish tercio from many different standpoints. I haven't had a chance to do more than skim it, but I've already found it quite useful in some respects. The table of contents is posted, so that you can get an idea of Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-6010045957361905742010-06-08T12:20:00.002-04:002010-06-08T12:24:38.904-04:00Trust but VerifyLandsknecht (NYPL)
Or, the Perils of Renaissance Military History.
While plowing through the essays in Italy and the European Powers, I discovered in one that: “The Black Bands of Guelders, one of the most prestigious Landsknecht contingents, whch fought for the French at Marignano (1515), had 12,000 pikemen, 2,000 arquebusiers, 2,000 swordsmen and 1,000 halberdiers.” Well, says I, this is Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-77112334932024013962010-05-27T16:37:00.000-04:002010-05-27T16:37:48.111-04:00Herreruélos
The Emperor Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg by Titian
This was a Spanish term for reiter-type heavy cavalry. Verdugo’s editor indicates that they were German cavalry, not necessarily Spanish (Verdugo, Francisco [1537-1595]. Commentario del coronel Verdugo de la guerra de Frisia, en XIII años que fue governador y capitan general de aquel estado y exercito por el rey D. Phelippe II, nuestro Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-83693987288777519322010-05-26T16:25:00.000-04:002010-05-26T16:25:53.439-04:00Flags of the French Religious-Civil Wars (1)
Cornette of King Henry IV of France
There are many descriptions of this color, preserved in letters of the period. The field is striped (from the top) red, white, blue, red, white, blue. The devices are as follows: clubs (or maces) of Hercules – white; all other devices (including sword, crossed sceptres, and the cypher “H” surmounted by a crown) – yellow or gold. The motto is DVO PROTEGIT VNVS Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-8616345287921819382010-05-26T13:54:00.000-04:002010-05-26T13:54:36.606-04:00Commemoration of the Battle of Montcornet, 1940A friend sent along this web page http://www.minitracks.fr/montcornet_2010.htm with YouTube vid and numerous pics showing reenactors and restored French (and Belgian) vehicles at the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Montcornet (May 14-16, 1940). Just outstanding!Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-90854550576828072812010-05-23T18:18:00.002-04:002010-05-23T18:20:47.109-04:00Mount Zion Church, July 6, 1864
Fieldstone Markers for Federal Cavalrymen Killed in the Action of July 6, 1864
Major Mosby's partisan rangers destroyed the command of the "Fighting Major" William H. Forbes (2d Mass. Cav.) in a sharp fight along the Little River Turnpike near the Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church. Forbes had been hunting Mosby, but the "Gray Ghost" turned the tables on him in one of his most brilliant fightsDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-91005055656787807152010-05-22T17:00:00.000-04:002010-05-22T17:00:19.284-04:00Aldie, June 17, 1863Monument to the 1st Mass. Cav. west of Aldie, Va.
The monument marks the location of desperate fighting on the Snickersville Turnpike on June 17, 1863. The 1st Mass. was practically destroyed in close combat with the 2d and 3d Va. Cav. under the command of Col. Tom Munford, C.S.A.
We visited Aldie and Middleburg today and enjoyed the splendid, partly cloudy weather of the early afternoon. Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-57821393607196265462010-05-19T16:59:00.005-04:002010-05-19T18:36:44.438-04:00French Renault R35 Light Tank
This is a 15mm (1:100 scale) Battlefront (Crusader) mini depicting the familiar French light tank that also saw service with several other armies in World War II (for example, Poland and Romania) and in the early post-World War II conflicts. The kit consists of seven parts. There are two resin castings – a hull and turret – and five cast metal pieces: gun (with cradle), running gear with tracks Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-64838481391719336892010-05-19T16:40:00.001-04:002010-05-19T16:45:40.962-04:00Current Reading: Italy and the European Powers
Shaw, Christine (ed.). Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530. History of Warfare, v. 38. Leiden: Brill, 2006.
"Most of the essays in this volume were among those given at a conference sponsored by the AHRB Centre for the Study of Renaissance Elites and Court Cultures in the Centre for the Study of Renaissance in the University of Warwick."
Nothing to report as yet, since Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-18990094847186087362010-05-13T13:06:00.002-04:002010-05-14T11:16:36.039-04:00Giorgio Basta
Basta, Giorgio (b. La Rocca, near Taranto, Jan. 30, 1550-d. Prague, Nov. 20, 1607). Basta was an Imperial (Holy Roman Empire) general and a military theorist. He served in the French-Spanish hostilities of 1589-1593 and the Ottoman-Hapsburg Long War (1593-1606).
Basta's family was of Albanian or Greek ancestry, like many of the refugee stradiotti (soldiers) who fled to Italy following the Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-46171567223895536922010-05-12T17:32:00.001-04:002010-05-12T17:34:24.074-04:00The Road to Rocroi
González de León, Fernando. The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture, and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
This is a remarkable book which may be said to have advanced the several analyses of the myriad problems of the Spanish Army of Flanders that have marked the works of Parker and others.
Personally, I used the work to provide many biographical details on Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-82079081689407975512010-05-09T17:12:00.000-04:002010-05-09T17:12:57.895-04:00Roanoke
Above: The English settlement at "Roanoac" (present-day Roanoke Island)
The brief existence and mysterious disappearance of Sir Walter Raleigh's colony continue to vex scholars. Roanoke was close to the northern margin of La Florida. A possible solution to the mystery of the "Lost Colony" is set forth in:
Horn, James. “Roanoke’s Lost Colony Found?” American Heritage, 60:1 (Spring 2010), 60-65.
Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-30399469199270613062010-05-01T17:05:00.001-04:002010-05-01T17:08:51.113-04:00Completion Plan for La Florida 1.0La Florida: Indian Chief (NYPL)
Task 1: Identify, map and characterize indigenous peoples as Actors.
This task will be completed in June 2010. Briefly, it consists of identifying all of the major Indian tribes and related groups present in LF in the epoch, marking their homelands on the master map, and defining their characteristics as Actors in the simulation.
I have already outlined this Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-8370934608659254162010-04-25T19:01:00.003-04:002010-05-13T12:48:06.766-04:00La Florida: Corsairs as Actors
Above: Hawkins - the type of the corsair
I’ve begun to flesh-out LF, and looking at the array of Categorical Actors, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need another Categorical Actor – Corsairs. Sure, corsairs (or pirates, if you like) were more or less loyal to their national sponsors (England and Huguenot France), but they were also wily traders operating in the murky world of the Black Flag Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-78547169761233790122010-04-25T18:51:00.000-04:002010-04-25T18:51:04.256-04:00Milestone100 posts a/o April 18, 2010.Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-89434072278808836602010-04-18T19:26:00.000-04:002010-04-18T19:26:40.154-04:00Grenadier Officer, 1st Foot Guards, Reign of James II
According to Evelyn, writing in June 1678, "Now were brought into service a new sort of soldiers called grenadiers who were dexterous in flinging hand grenades." This is one of Edward Suren's justly famous "Willie" figures. I had the pleasure of knowing Suren and his charming wife and as a young man, was a frequent visitor to his little shop just off Sloane Square in Chelsea, London, many yearsDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-18128836229033214682010-04-17T16:16:00.001-04:002010-04-17T16:17:56.032-04:00French AMD Panhard 176 Armored Car
My next project is this classic French armored car of the 1940 campaign. There were 198 in service in September 1939, equipping some 11 reconnaissance squadrons of cavalry formations (AMD = Automitrailleuse de découverte = distant reconnaissance wheeled vehicle).
This is a BattleFront/Military Miniatures (Crusader) 15mm (1:100 scale) model that comes in seven clean-cast parts, metal and resin: Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-78359646379875555802010-04-17T16:05:00.000-04:002010-04-17T16:05:57.302-04:00German Panzerkampfwagen I Light Tank (3)A few things I left out of yesterday's post ...
On May 10, 1940, 1st Panzer Division had 52 Panzer I (of 256 tanks total); 2d Panzer Division had 45 (of 266); 3d Panzer had 117 (of 341); 4th had 135 (of 314); 5th had 97 (of 327); 7th had 34 (of 225); 9th had 30 (of 153); and 10th had 44 (of 265). Altogether, there were 554 Panzer Is among the 2,582 German tanks that invaded France in May 1940 – Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-51802286155394188152010-04-16T16:26:00.001-04:002010-04-16T16:29:22.639-04:00German Panzerkampfwagen I Light Tank (2)
The photos show the finished model on a 1” x 1¾” base of architect’s board painted with Polly S mud, green, and flocked.
I gave this model a base coat of flat black. I followed this with panzer gray. As with the French Army green, there does not seem to be any definitive statement of what this color really was, although with a little searching on the web, you’ll find various pronouncements by Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-64459433435279354452010-04-02T14:14:00.000-04:002010-04-02T14:14:29.646-04:00German Panzerkampfwagen I Light Tank
Next up in the workshop is this German light tank that was used primarily for training during the interwar years and saw combat in Spain and early in World War II. This is a Military Miniatures (Crusader) 15mm (1:100 scale) model that consists of five parts – resin hull and turret (the turret is tacked to the hull in the boxed model), metal left and right tracked running gear, and metal mantlet Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-6189457989222548092010-04-02T13:58:00.000-04:002010-04-02T13:58:36.800-04:00Weekend Reading
Verhoef, C. E. H. J. The Battle for Ginkel Heath near Ede: 17 & 18 September 1944. Soesterberg: Aspekt, 2003.
Table of Contents:
1. Allied Strategy after the Normandy Landings 9
Broad front - small front 9
Operation Market Garden 13
2. Sunday, 17 September 1944: D-Day 17
Preliminary bombardments 17
The take-off of the biggest air armada in history 19
The landings near Arnhem 24
The Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-74295078391868608502010-04-01T18:02:00.000-04:002010-04-01T18:02:36.034-04:00La Florida: Field ArtilleryPhotos: This small piece is mounted on the standard 30mm x 30mm base recommended for TPC’s Spanish Fury, Actions! Gun and crew are, I believe, old-ish Mikes Models 15mm – another rescue from the artillery box of bits and bobs.
In general, the SF Actions! artillery rules will apply in LF tactical combat, but some changes will have to be made because of the unique circumstances that applied in Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-41632068135794254612010-03-31T14:05:00.000-04:002010-03-31T14:05:40.016-04:00French 81mm Mortar M1927/1931 (Brandt)
This was the common medium mortar in French service, and license-built copies, like the US 81mm mortar M1, or outright copies, were in widespread use with other armies. The typical French infantry regiment in 1940 had 8 such mortars; generally, 2 were allocated to each battalion. In FoF, the 81mm mortar might be drawn for with an Asset Card, if not included as part of the scenario design.
SomeDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-21964936991479772512010-03-31T13:53:00.000-04:002010-03-31T13:53:44.670-04:00Lorraine Carrier in Force on Force Scenarios
In FoF the carrier would be a Class 1 vehicle (1D6), the lowest class of armored vehicle, generally including light APCs or armored cars.
The photos show the finished modelDur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-67349073799148509852010-03-26T16:02:00.000-04:002010-03-26T16:02:55.782-04:00French Lorraine 38L VBCP Infantry CarrierAbove: The Lorraine Carrier on my work table. Only the tarp has been painted at this point. To give an idea of the size, the base is 1" x 2".
This is a Battlefront (Crusader) mini. It came in three pieces -- a cast resin hull and two metal tracks with running gear. It is 15mm (1:100 scale), according to the box description. Most French material in 1939-40 was painted “Army green,” and there are Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015061041674531887.post-3910049702121255892010-03-24T16:26:00.003-04:002010-03-25T14:17:15.192-04:00FoF Unit Characteristics for the French Squad
Top: Half-Squad Shock (Maneuver) ElementBottom: Two Bases Showing Figures with the FM24/29 LMG
These are Peter Pig 15mm figures. I uploaded new images, since the previous images were indistinct.
Quality
Most line infantry in 1939-40 would be classed as Regular, Trained (D8). From my reading, the only troops with a higher rating (and I wouldn’t class any higher than Veteran – D10), would have Dur Ecuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255663148639185988noreply@blogger.com0