Background The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, was one of the most important of the Thirty Years’ War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony, and Hesse-Kassel,…
Tag: Horse and Musket
R&P – The Enemy of my Enemy.
It was war-game Tuesday and I was up to run a game. We had been doing more serious scenarios with Valour and Fortitude for a while and I thought the group needed…
V&F – Battle of Chippawa, July 1814.
Background The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa, was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire’s colony…
15mm Crimean War Ottomans.
I picked up a painted Ottoman army recently. I think it might be a resell of Old Guard Painting service troops…. In any case, I needed a small Turkish force to fill…
15mm Crimean War British Artillery.
I had an army painted for me to field the British Army in the Crimean War some time back. Unfortunately, something went wrong with the order and I never got the artillery….
V&F – Battle of Seneffe, August 1674.
Background The Battle of Seneffe took place on 11 August 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War, near Seneffe in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French army commanded by Condé and a combined Dutch, Imperial, and Spanish force under William of Orange. One of the bloodiest…
18mm Crimean War Russians.
I have had plans to put together a Russian force for the Crimean War. Between myself and my group, we can cover almost all the other troops, but no one has Russian….
17th Century Ottoman Reinforcements.
I was on eBay looking for some stuff and I came across some sales of old Mikes Models Janissaries. They were cheap and I wanted a few more to thicken my Ottoman…
V&F – Battle of Lundy’s Lane, July 1814.
Background The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, also known as the Battle of Niagara or contemporarily as the Battle of Bridgewater, was fought on 25 July 1814, during the War of 1812, between an invading American army and a…
V&F – Battle of Lund, December 1676.
Background The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of…