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Book Review: Charge The Guns! Wellington’s cavalry at Waterloo

• July 24, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Cavalry, Horses, Saddlery, Swords, Weapons, Writing
Tags: battle of waterloo, Cavalry, napoleon, scots greys, wellington

Wonderful, wonderful, Copenhagen. Or something like that.

• April 8, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in Cavalry, Horses, Writing
Tags: 1815, battle of waterloo, Copenhagen, quatre bras, wellington

And the infantry think they had it tough…

• January 4, 2014 • 2 Comments

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Tags: napoleonic, royal north british dragoons, scots greys, wellington

A surgeon in the Peninsula – George Guthrie

• October 28, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted in Cavalry, Swords, Writing
Tags: guthrie, mick crumplin, peninsula, surgeon, wellington

Free Peninsular War Novel!

• July 25, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Weapons, Writing
Tags: alone with glory, napoleon, novel, peninsular war, war, wellington

Garcia Hernandez: Coup…or cover-up?

• March 17, 2013 • 5 Comments

Posted in Cavalry, Horses, Swords, Uncategorized, Writing
Tags: breaking a square, garcia hernandez, gleichen, kgl dragoons, salamanca, wellington

An Officer and a Mendicant

• March 16, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Cavalry, Horses, Saddlery, Swords, Weapons
Tags: cardigan, Cavalry, commission, cornet, costs, ensign, fees, infantry, pay, wellington