Ed, Just received a "used"?? copy in paperback - mint condition for £10 off Amazon UK. Plenty of others about. In the midst now and discovering some challanging statements compared with both McNally and Beresford -Ellis versions of Boyne! Regards to all Tim "Like a Stone Wall" Wargames Group http://...
Hi Ray The Hugeunot horse and foot were all protestant refugees from established units under Loius XIV's reign and as such were basically French in most aspects. The foot are recorded as being clothed in grey/white; typically French. I have not encountered anything specific for their Horse at the Bo...
Hi Iain, Yes many thanks also for that. A pretty rare event a St Patricks saltire I feel but none the less worth knowing. Our group Boyne project in 25mm is coming along great guns with 81 units now competed. The 18th was the Earl of Meath's (ex Lord Forbes) and we were of a mind as to how it should...
Gents Well I am not fully certain of the linkage myself but I did discover a web reference to links between the cross pattee and St Patrick thus; On the site in question the reference refers to the cross pattee being the actual cross of St Patrick rather than the red (gules) saltire that appears on ...
Dependant upon shows etc I am certainly interested, with the strong possibility of a few more from within the "Like a stone wall" wargames group.
Please keep us posted.
Thanks for your efforts.
Regards
Tim
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Thats correct Barry, its in Mr Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th century Book 3 The Royalist Armies available from Dave at Partizan Press. It is one of a number of Irish Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny standards listed for use in 1644 and then used again in the 1646-7 campaigns; frequently and wron...
Hi Jonathon Hope the following assists in answering your questions. (i) Can anyone suggest uniform and gun carriage colours for the Dutch? There is little information on Dutch artillery uniforms other that the coloured drawings produced by retired Dutch major general of artillery, van Imbyze in 1821...
David, I asked Barry a question about this one under the Dutch Guards thread recently. I was aware that the Huguenot troops of the Wars of Religion in the late 16th century are recorded as having striped colours and the general view held is that these may have been red and yellow in colour. My under...
Dave et al, The situation with the Dutch Guards crossng the tidal Boyne is recorded thus by two eyewitnesses: Story recalled “the Dutch beat a march till the got to the rivers side, and then the drums ceasing, in they went, some eight or ten abreast…” Story, George Warter. A true and impartial histo...
Barry, Saw the game at Newark on Sunday and very good indeed. As mentioned to you on the day the "Like a Stone Wall" Wargames Group is currently working on the Boyne as a sub project!! We are unable to fit it into our tour of shows this year as it really requires a two day event to display it and th...
