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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012: June 2012
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2012. Friday, 29 June 2012. 25 June 2012 - Visit to Zaragoza. We joined a four day coach tour of Zaragoza and Teruel, mainly because of the day spent in the former. The city was the scene of a long and bitter siege during the Napoleonic wars in 1808. This is a period of particular interest to Jan and I, and we hoped to find some reminders of the fighting. The name of this very ordinary looking road is the giveaway. The road system of the city follows the original, and that made it e...
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Walking Napoleonic Battlefields: December 2010
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010. Vobarno is a small and very attractive town in the mountains on the western side of Lake Garda. On 4 August 1796 it was the scene of desperate fighting as the retreating Austrians tried to capture the bridge over the river Chise. We spent a day visiting the town on 6 September 2000. Our visit is covered at. Http:/ napoleoninitaly.blogspot.com/. Labels: 08 - Napoleon in Italy. Tuesday, 14 December 2010. On 4 August Bonaparte was present in the castle which was held by 1000 men.
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Walking Napoleonic Battlefields: April 2011
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011. We followed the path beyond the buildings, eventually leading downhill to the small church overlooking the village of Augezd, an the site of the famous Satschen ponds. At the end of the battle the allied army retreated over the frozen ponds. Napoleon positioned a battery of artillery near this church and ordered it to fire on the ice. He claimed in his Bulletin that 20,000 allied troops had drowned here. Labels: 09 - Aspern and Austerlitz. Tuesday, 19 April 2011. We were fortunate...
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1814 Campaign Diary: February 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015. 18th April 1814 – Campaign Diary. First French and Prussian fight battle of Diest. Second French and Russian rest and resupply. Third French and Austrian fight battle of Arracourt. Fourth French and Bavarian both armies break contact. Fifth French and British fight two battles at Savaltiere and Kurutze. Sixth French and Spanish fight battle of Ripoll. First French and Prussian Army. French win battle of Diest. 3 Prussian march to sound of the guns. Second French and Russian Army.
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1813 Campaign Diary: May 2015
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. 8 March 1813 – North Spain. Following the loss of the battle of Palencia, 4. French corps are forced to retreat north off the map. With the loss of two of his five corps, Marshal Soult orders a general retreat. Wellington has clearly achieved both of his campaign objectives. First to take and hold Valladolid. Second to defeat the French army. Labels: 43 North Spain Diary. Friday, May 29, 2015. 8 March 1813 - Central Germany. Russian corps at Warburg. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Both ...
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Wargame Campaigns of Napoleon: October 2012
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Wargame Campaigns of Napoleon. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Campaign Move 10 – Battle of Alessandria. Move 10 - 0800 to 1200 12 April 1796. Colli is regrouping his battered army at Turin. Bonaparte orders Serurier to pin the Sardinians with his 5. Division to attack the Austrians at Alessandria and marches to join them with 4. French halt at Acqi and forage for supplies. Labels: 03 - Piedmont Campaign. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Campaign Move 9 – Austrians enter Alessandria. Labels: 03 - Piedmont Campaign.
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1814 Campaign Diary: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. 13th April 1814 – Battle of Luneville. Austrian corps attack 9. French corps at Luneville. 2 Austrian corps is on attack orders. 9 French corps are on hold orders. Table at start of wargame. Both corps are on the table at the start of move one. Move 1 – 0800 to 0900. Austrian – cavalry advance and spot French. French – replace blind wit h figures and start to deploy. Move 2 – 0900 to 1000. French – continue to deploy and unlimber artillery. Move 3 – 1000 to 1100. French R...
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Walking Napoleonic Battlefields: February 2011
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011. We were delighted to discover that our hotel in Aspern was within 100 yards of the famous church, and only about a mile to Lobau Island. Our bikes were not ready when we arrived at the hotel, so we set off to explore Lobau Island on foot. It was a very hot afternoon, and we were quite warm and glowing by the time we arrived. Poor Jan did not know where to look. We drank our beer and left in haste. Labels: 09 - Aspern and Austerlitz. Wednesday, 16 February 2011. Our first visit ...
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Walking Napoleonic Battlefields: Schlapanitz
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011. On our last day at Austerlitz we only had a few hours before we had to drive to Vienna and the flight back to UK. Just long enough to visit Schlapanitz. Its a short walk from the monument marking Napoleon's command post on Zuran Hill to the small town of Schlapanitz. Labels: 09 - Aspern and Austerlitz. I have asked to be notified before comments appear so that I will not miss them. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 02 - Portugal and Spain with Holts. 04 - Northern Spain.
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2014: August 2014
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Jan and Paul in Spain 2014. Saturday, 23 August 2014. 21 August 2014 – Javea with Jack and Georgia. After a very dry spring and summer it rained the day before they arrived for their two week holiday with us. Not sure whether that is the reason Jan needed a stiff sherry, or whether it was just an excuse to have one. We started our evening in Javea with a meal at Scallops, their favourite eating place. Then it was a short walk to the fun fair, which was the real reason for our visit to Javea. 23 - WW - Va...