"1794 Battle of Boxtel " Topic
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Tango01  | 27 Jan 2012 2:53 p.m. PST |
"A book, published at the beginning of this year about an obscure battle, or maybe better a large skirmish, in the 1794 campaign in the Netherlands.
Nothing spectacular happened at this battle but it only happened to be the first battle in which the future Duke of Wellington performed. But it was only a small role.
I like the book because it is about an obscure battle in this period and there are not many books in English about this period.
It is also written with enthousiasme for the events and the FR period, it gives a good description of the battle with various OOB's of the campaign and gives clues how to wargame the battle ( for Black Powder and Volly and Bayonet).
Also mr Wills has given all the references and an extensive bibliography of works and websites he consulted so if you disagree with all that is written, you can look it up where it came from.
A lot of photos of 15mm French and British troops (Minifigs) are also incorporated. I just wondered how good it would be if 25mm figures would have been in the photos but alas there aren't that many 25mm British FR figures around.
Recommended."
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link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| M C MonkeyDew | 27 Jan 2012 6:45 p.m. PST |
Funny. Its sitting right near by as I type this. |
| Gunbird | 28 Jan 2012 2:30 a.m. PST |
Even more funny, I moved to Boxtel 3 weeks ago and didn't know there had been something like this. Better read up on my history. |
| GarryWills | 25 Feb 2012 2:57 p.m. PST |
Thanks for this Armand. My website is down for the moment, as I moving hosts, but the book is available via amazon in the US and UK and via a number of the wargames retailers including Caliver and Paul Meekins in the UK and OMM in the US. When my website returns in the next day or so, you can also read the various other reviews. Garry Wills
garry@caseshotpublishing.com |
| GarryWills | 28 Feb 2012 9:12 a.m. PST |
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gets started with Flintloque.
