Wars of Louis Quatorze
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Wars of Louis Quatorze is a military history blog of the 17th century and the 18th century. Read articles on Great Northern War, English Civil War, military history, Reenactment, and more.
Wars of Louis Quatorze
9h ago
Roelant Savery, Polish Cavalry Marching in the Woods, 1614, Here
Michal Paradowski has said they might be Hungarians. Or Croats. See here ..read more
Wars of Louis Quatorze
3d ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze
3d ago
Today's anniversary. Here. 265 years ago. Thanks to Alt Kreyzten for the pic.
also referred to as the Battle of Sulechów, Battle of Züllichau, or Battle of Paltzig ..read more
Wars of Louis Quatorze
3d ago
On the Monmouth Rebellion Facebook page there was a discussion on whether the Royal Scots had pipers or not. It seemed from what Stephen Carter said the Colonel's company had them. So the next question is what were bagpipes of 1685 like? Found this article which is interesting. Anybody know more on the subject ..read more
Wars of Louis Quatorze
5d ago
Happened today. Wiki
"The 21 day of July the French galleys and navie came before Portesmouth haven, and landed certeine of theyre armye in the Yle of Wyght, and there burned and camped there about to the nomber of 2,000 men, and came every tyde with theyr gallies and shott their ordinaunce at the Kinges ships in the haven; but the winde was so calme that the Kinges shippes could bear noe sayle, which was a great discomfort for them ..read more
Wars of Louis Quatorze
1w ago
The Army of James II
2 August, 12.00pm, Free
Discover the importance of King James II in the creation and development of the British Army with Stephen Ede-Borrett.
Stephen Ede-Borrett will evaluate the effectiveness and structure of James’s force, while also explaining why his role in the creation of the British Army has been so often ignored.
Don't miss: https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/army-james-ii ..read more