Robert, Excellent site! I am currently collecting Fontenoy in 25mm ( 25 fig battalions, 12 Fig Squadrons ) with one to one infantry regiments. I have all 20 Brits, all Hanovarians and most of the French done and am just starting on the Dutch- Thanks for all the uniform detail on here, but do you know of any primary source material about Dutch deployments or positions of units on the day? Any help greatly appreciated! Keep up the good work
"Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally-O? And see the chief commanders, my Mally-O? You'll see the bullets fly, And the soldiers how they die, And the ladies loudly cry, my Mally-O" (Trad. ca. 1743)
MUSIC TO BROWSE BY...
or if you prefer a more "Rococo" arrangement of "Liliburlero", try this;
Anything by Duffy is worth getting. This book provides a great insight into the 18th C. military mindset. (Click on image for more info.)
The Music of George Frederick Handel
Favorite composer of the Kings of the House of Hanover, some of his most famous works were to celebrate events connected with the War of the Austrian Succession. (Click on image if interested in album)
Excerpt from "Dettingen Te Deum" by George Frederick Handel
A painting guide for my Dutch contingent of the Pragmatic Army
Born in Brighton, England, in 1961 (the same year the Berlin Wall went up). Family emigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1962 (the same month as the Cuban Missile Crisis). I came to Japan in 1992 (the year it was revealed that Dan Quayle couldn't spell "potato").
I've lived here ever since.
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Please allow yourself to be tempted so that you'll post more often.
-- Jeff
Too many fingers in too many pies at the moment, Jeff, but I'll do my best.
Robert,
Excellent site! I am currently collecting Fontenoy in 25mm ( 25 fig battalions, 12 Fig Squadrons ) with one to one infantry regiments. I have all 20 Brits, all Hanovarians and most of the French done and am just starting on the Dutch- Thanks for all the uniform detail on here, but do you know of any primary source material about Dutch deployments or positions of units on the day? Any help greatly appreciated!
Keep up the good work
It is far too long since you've posted on "Will ye go to Flanders", Robert.
Surely you can find something to write about on the WAS . . . come on, give it a go, sir.
-- Jeff
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