Wednesday, 25 April 2012

AE2 'up the Narrows', 24-29 April 1915

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Aboard Britain’s greatest dreadnought battleship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, around midnight on the evening of the 25th April 1915, General Si...
Monday, 16 April 2012

Parliament routed at Turnham Green!

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Much alarm has struck the people of London with the news that the parliamentary army under Lord Essex that marched out from Chelsea Field to...
Saturday, 18 February 2012

SMS Emden vs. HMS Sydney ... 09:30 hrs, 9 November 1914

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Reports indicate that HMS Sydney has limped back into Australian territorial waters several days after intercepting the Kaiser's light c...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

Work on the Dutch–Portuguese war (1602–1663) begins

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My last Colonial project (Egypt 1882) is languishing, but out of the blue has come something new! I've been looking at the Grumpy Miniat...
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Battle of Brentford, 12 November 1642

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After Edgehill, Prince Rupert swept down the Thames Valley with the aim of taking the capital – the prospect of which caused a “great stir“ ...
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Friday, 2 December 2011

Edgehill, Sunday, 23 October 1642

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One month after the opening skirmish at Powick Bridge, King Charles' army found itself facing a Parliamentarian army under Robert Devere...
Monday, 14 November 2011

Powick Bridge, 23 September 1642

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In  what is popularly characterised as the opening 'battle' of the English Civil Wars, the battle of Powick Bridge  saw about 1000 R...