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by wdrenth
Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:26 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Dalton commission register dates
Replies: 5
Views: 5505

Re: Dalton commission register dates

hello Graf Bretlach, As other indicated, it is indeed the Old Style versus New Style, a source for much misunderstanding :-) Before 1700, the difference was 10 days. So, William of Orange sailed from Holland on 11 November 1688 [NS, as used on the continent], and landed at Torbay on 5 November [OS]....
by wdrenth
Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:44 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Capture of Minorca 1708 -- order of battle
Replies: 3
Views: 4048

Re: Capture of Minorca 1708 -- order of battle

hi Graf Bretlach, Thank you for the further input. I had checked several of the sources you mentioned indeed, and they all seem to agree on the numbers of men involved and division into nationalities. The Neapolitan could be same as Spanish: Naples was a Spanish possession, like many other pieces of...
by wdrenth
Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:24 am
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Capture of Minorca 1708 -- order of battle
Replies: 3
Views: 4048

Capture of Minorca 1708 -- order of battle

dear all, I am looking for information on the non-English troops that were part of Stanhope's expedition that took Minorca in September 1708. From literature, there seems to be agreement that the expedition numbered about 1,200 English and 1,400 Spanish and Portuguese. Of these 1,200 English, half c...
by wdrenth
Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:29 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Queen Anne's War
Replies: 2
Views: 4073

Re: Queen Anne's War

There were some larger battles and sieges in North America during Queen Anne's War. Think for example of the siege of St Augustine, Florida in 1702, the siege and capture of Port Royal (now Annapolis) on Nova Scotia in 1710. The attempt to capture Port Royal in 1707 was also pretty conventional. The...
by wdrenth
Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:29 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Nassau battalion at Almanza 1707
Replies: 4
Views: 5285

Re: Nassau battalion at Almanza 1707

hi Tim, Only info I have is that the regiment numbered 422 men prior to the battle. Five officers were killed, and 16 other officers were taken prisoners together with 217 other ranks. Number of other ranks killed is unknown. The regiment itself was discontinued early 1708, in order to free funds fo...
by wdrenth
Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:58 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Irish Regiments in England 1688
Replies: 1
Views: 3009

Re: Irish Regiments in England 1688

Don't know where you found that information, but it seems a bit incomplete. In late 1688, when it was clear that William III would attempt to invade England, three battalions of foot and a regiment of dragoons were sent from Ireland to England. One of the battalions was taken from the Irish regiment...
by wdrenth
Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:19 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Paymaster General's account book 1690
Replies: 2
Views: 3810

Paymaster General's account book 1690

dear all, Some days ago I received an email from someone enquiring after an ascestor who might have served in the battle of the Boyne in 1690. She mentioned as book hitherto unknown to me, namely the 'Paymaster General's account book'. According to her emails, this book should contain information re...
by wdrenth
Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:34 am
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: William's Lifeguards at the Boyne. Question.
Replies: 8
Views: 7405

Re: William's Lifeguards at the Boyne. Question.

It was actually the Dutch Lifeguards (Garde du Corps) that was ranked as the 4th Troop of Life Guards, and not the Garde te Paard. This error is made in some books, and copied ad infinitum, unfortunately. Wienand Are you talking about the English Lifeguards or the Dutch Lifeguards, fewer than 200 me...
by wdrenth
Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:52 am
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Marlborough: soldier and diplomat
Replies: 22
Views: 16091

Re: Marlborough: soldier and diplomat

Rather nice book indeed.

Only 'drawback' is the rather old fashioned habit of putting all footnotes at the end of the book.
by wdrenth
Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:55 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Scenario Suggestions for gaming an "Assault"
Replies: 8
Views: 6907

Re: Scenario Suggestions for gaming an "Assault"

One can even argue that siege warfare was the norm during this period, and that battles were the exception. :twisted:
by wdrenth
Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Travel times by sail around 1700
Replies: 5
Views: 5555

Re: Travel times by sail around 1700

hi stecal, Thank you for the reply and the link, and I think something useful may come out. In the end, the main goal is to emphasis the conceptual thought that a voyage took in the order of months, not just a few weeks. Journeys by land took even longer. When in Bombay in the early 1660s, two perso...
by wdrenth
Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Travel times by sail around 1700
Replies: 5
Views: 5555

Re: Travel times by sail around 1700

hello Günter, Thank you for your reply and the link. It looks like a proper place to start. However, 63 days from Portsmouth to Bombay sounds a bit too optimistic :) For example, when Bombay became English in 1661 (it was part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza), a battalion set sail for Bombay o...
by wdrenth
Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Travel times by sail around 1700
Replies: 5
Views: 5555

Travel times by sail around 1700

Dear all, Not related to anything marching or galloping, I am looking for information regarding the average travel times cross ocean around 1700. Sure this information can be distilled from several contemporary accounts, but maybe this has been sorted out before. Maybe there even were almanacks that...
by wdrenth
Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:03 pm
Forum: Wargaming the period 1660-1721
Topic: Huguenot Soldiers of William
Replies: 2
Views: 3790

Re: Huguenot Soldiers of William

This book is indeed a good starting point for studying the Huguenot soldiers during the Nine Years' War, though Matthew Glozier (not Crozier), the author, misses some points in his final chapters. For instance, the Huguenots were not removed to Portugal after the NYW, but instead settled in Ireland....
by wdrenth
Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: King James' Army
Replies: 5
Views: 5151

Re: King James' Army

Thank you Ben, encouraging words to pick this project up again as there still is plenty of room for improvements.