"Can you name this battle?" Topic
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| MichaelCollinsHimself | 11 Sep 2020 6:03 a.m. PST |
Not the name of the battle that we use today, but the name that was given to it in French contemporary records and the French army bulletin please. The movie of the battle also known as……
My game of it set up in 2015 (date):
My game… Is that the farm, or is it the village?
Take a look at more photos of this French battle at: grandmanoeuvre.co.uk/gallery2 You`ll need to scroll down a bit :) |
 Artilleryman  | 11 Sep 2020 6:17 a.m. PST |
I think the French initially referred to it as 'Mont Sainte Jean'. |
| Oliver Schmidt | 11 Sep 2020 6:51 a.m. PST |
Here Napoleon's first description of the battle (in French), a bit different from what he wrote about it afterwards: 1789-1815.com/bulletin.htm |
| MichaelCollinsHimself | 11 Sep 2020 6:52 a.m. PST |
awwwww …you must be a French artilleryman! |
| MichaelCollinsHimself | 11 Sep 2020 6:54 a.m. PST |
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| Artilleryman | 11 Sep 2020 2:50 p.m. PST |
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| svsavory | 11 Sep 2020 3:58 p.m. PST |
Thanks for that link, Oliver. I can't read French, and my browser's translation into English is hilarious! |
| Pete L | 11 Sep 2020 5:59 p.m. PST |
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| MichaelCollinsHimself | 12 Sep 2020 2:29 a.m. PST |
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| Artilleryman | 12 Sep 2020 2:51 a.m. PST |
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
