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Over the Hills and Far Away: October 2007
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Monday, October 29, 2007. Click on over to The Miniatures Page. And add to the 6mm WSS census on the 18th Century Discussion message board. I'm on travel this week, so my posts are going to be abbreviated. Posted by Malbrook @ 8:14 AM. Friday, October 26, 2007. The left hand drawers have tools, brushes, and basing materials. And here are my "supervisors". That's ano...
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Over the Hills and Far Away: August 2007
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Monday, August 13, 2007. Where does the time go? I'll get into the rhythmn of blogging. I promise. I've been piled on pretty heavily at work and with the "honey-do" list at home. I'm starting to carve out a little time again. If keeping up with a blog has been like this, how will I manage a torrent of e-bay auctions? Posted by Malbrook @ 11:53 PM. AL, United States.
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Over the Hills and Far Away: October 2008
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Monday, October 13, 2008. This is an essential "near-primary" source for the war. It is a multi-volume transcription of the original French archival materials- absolutely packed with letters to and from generals plus intelligence reports and orders of battle and other useful lists. Posted by Malbrook @ 11:00 PM. Posted by Malbrook @ 10:51 PM. AL, United States.
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Over the Hills and Far Away: September 2016
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Thursday, September 22, 2016. A Letter: Battle of Scharding (1). Here is one of the three letters about a battle near Scharding, in March of 1703. It was written by a M. de Ricous. The Marquis de Ricous, the French Minister to Bavaria. Was apparently not all that well liked by Villars. In the Bavarian army (more later). A Bavarian Grenadier, with Grenade! Since I ha...
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Over the Hills and Far Away: May 2007
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Friday, May 18, 2007. What War is This Again? I'mworking up some scenarios. The first one is a scaled down version of Villars' breaking of the allies' fortified line at Denain in 1712. Here's a WSS game without any English troops. There are wave upon wave of French infantry, trenches, and lots of Germans. Sound familiar, even if the uniforms aren't? AL, United States.
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Over the Hills and Far Away: November 2008
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Thursday, November 27, 2008. My Dutch infantry consists of. A small brigade of Dutch foot: Jamaert, Pallandt, and Van der Beek. A small brigade of Swiss: Albemarle and Hirzel's regiments. A small brigade of Scots: Colyear's, Murray's, and Dalrymple's Fusiliers (pictured). There is also field artillery. 4 stands of 3#. 1 stand of 6#. 1 stand of 12#. I need to figure ...
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Over the Hills and Far Away: February 2009
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Sunday, February 22, 2009. The Archbishop of Cologne. In the rebasing of the Bavarians, I said I'd create four battalions of infantry and maybe a squadron or two for Cologne. Why? Because I already have five squadrons of cavalry (soon to be 7.5 after rebasing). See. Life Guards - 2 squadrons. Carabinier Garde - 1 squadron. Chassonville's Dragoons - 2 squadrons.
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Over the Hills and Far Away: November 2007
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Tuesday, November 27, 2007. From this morning's Express:. 1701 Astronomer Anders Celsius, inventor of the Celsius temperature scale, is born in Uppsala, Sweden.". Well, being late November in Sweden, it was probably pretty cold, but they didn't have Celsius' scale to use to quantify how cold it was, unless he were the child prodigy of the ages. What did they use?
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Over the Hills and Far Away: December 2008
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Being an discourse on diverse topics concerning the history and wargaming of the War of the Spanish Succession. Friday, December 5, 2008. From Pelet and Vault, "Memoires Militaires", vol IX, pages 16-17. Lettre de M. le maréchal de Villars à M. de Chamillart. Douai, 22 mai 1709. Archives du dépot de la guerre, vol. 2150, no 238). J'ai l'honneur d'écrire à sa majesté, monsieur, pour l'informer de l'ébranlement de toutes les troupes des ennemis. Le sieur Paris devrait être ici&...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | William Carleton Summer School
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William Carleton Summer School. Clogher July 31st – August 4th 2016. Highlights of the 2016 programme. William Carleton Oil Portrait by JJ Slattery (National Gallery of Ireland collection) Monochrome Version. Works by William Carleton (in print):. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. Volumes 1 and 2, with a preface by Barbara Hayley, Gerrards Cross (1990). Inside the Margins: A Caleton Reader. Selected and edited by Tess Hurson, Lagan Press (1992). William Carleton, The Autobiography. John Montague...
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