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My Blenheim Project - Rowe's Brigade
Ray King - Lt. General Lord Cutts commanded the allied left wing at Blenheim composed of twenty battalions and fourteen squadrons of English troops. His front line was the brigade of five battalions...
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Column - Right!
Barry Hilton - Although not strictly speaking to do with our chosen blog period I thought it might be useful to give some idea of where I am concentrating my writing efforts outside of the WordTwister...
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In the Shadows of History: Battle of Newtown, 31st July 1689: Part Six
Orders of Battle for Regimental Scale Action Using Beneath the Lily Banners, 1644 or Any Other Appropriate Rules System. The Jacobite ‘Flying camp’ under Justin Macarthy Viscount MontcashelVanguard...
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FEATURED REGIMENT: Gard te Voet. Dutch Foot Guards
Old Glory models with tricorn.Barry Hilton - The Dutch Foot Guards or Gard te Voet or Blew Guards is a regiment the name of which is writ large during the period 1688 - 1714. By reputation they were...
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Wee Bazza's BIG Boyne Quiz: How much do you really know?
Barry Hilton - The bi-partizan subculture has blighted Scottish society for too long and reduced a fascinating period of British history to an atavistic war between two (or is it four?) football teams....
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In the Shadows of History: Battle of Newtown, 31st July 1689: Part Seven
Scenario Option 1 The Battle of Newton – Historical re-fight Williamite ObjectiveYou must drive the Jacobite Army from the field. Victory will be complete if you do so without losing more than 50% of...
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Beneath the Lily Banners Brigade Roster Sheets - Download Free!
Barry Hilton - Clarence and I have been delighted with the steady growth in Beneath the Lily Banners players. The rules have now sold an impressive 2,000 copies since their release in 2008. Not a...
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FEATURED REGIMENT: Dal Regiment
Bart Vetters - The Swedish Dal Regementet (Regiment) during the Great Northern War was one of the 'high profile' regiments that were present in all of the major battles and spent most of their time,...
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My Blenheim Project - Webb's Brigade
Ray King - Webb's brigade only consisted of 4 battalions and positioned in the centre of the field...Churchill's Regiment of Foot "The Buffs" Lt.Colonel Commanding Henry Peyton (Wounded in...
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Gardes Françaises Revisited
Clibinarium- A while back we previewed the first of our Garde Françaises models, and it would be fair to say they have caused us nearly as much trouble as they did their Anglo-Dutch adversaries.First...
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In the Shadows of History: Battle of Newtown, 31st July 1689: Part Eight
Beneath the Lily Banners Special Rules RecommendationsBLB has several additional rules which can be used to give this action some further depth and flavour. I recommend the following are used:Capturing...
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Swedish Flags for Poltava
The Swedish flags for the GNW are finally ready and should be available from the LoA shop soon.This release provides all of the foot units that were present at Poltava. The last sheet is actually...
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FEATURED REGIMENT: Clare's Regiment
David O'Brien - The first time I painted this battalion way back in the late '70's I knew nothing of the history or family connection with this unit. I was asked to take part in a 15mm Seven Years War...
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BATTLE PHOTO FEATURE: NEERWINDEN 1693
NEERWINDEN 1693: The fighting around Laer by LoAI have never been one to resist the temptation of joining in a debate, particularly a controversial one. Seeing the mentions recently on this blog about...
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The League of Augsburg is 20 Years Old
I realized by accident the other day it is 20 years since I started using the name League of Augsburg. The LoA is currently in a very vibrant phase of existence. We have a super squad supporting our...
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“Par la bouche de mes canons” QUEBEC 1690: Part 1
Barry Hilton - The inspiration for this piece was an article written by Rene Chartrand in 1999 but which I read for the first time in 2008 when some nice chap posted a link to it on the League of...
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100 Followers Lottery
Clarence Harrison - We're not there yet, but in honor of reaching 100 followers my lovely wife will throw percentile dice to generate a number from 1-100. I will count through the followers list as it...
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FEATURED REGIMENT: Regiment Languedoc
Barry Hilton - I absolutely adored painting the Copplestone designed figures offered by Dixon. The first French regiment I ever completed were these garcons. I recall the logic of choosing Regiment...
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My Blenheim Project - Ferguson's Brigade
Ray King - This brigade was the third line of Lord Cutt's troops, but were the 2nd brigade to assault the village of Blenheim.Ferguson's Regiment of Foot "The Cameronians" Lt.Colonel Commanding Alex...
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Beneath the Lily Banners in 15mm
Ray Rousell - Back in 2010 my pal Richard suggested a joint painting project, he quite fancied the Nine Years War. Now here’s where I have to admit to knowing absolutely nothing about this great period...
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