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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: January 2014
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Sunday, January 12, 2014. My 13th Light Dragoons. Here is my 13th Light Dragoons for Balaclava, or to be precise, A and B squadrons (Troops A, B, D and E). This was almost my last unit painted for 2013 but turned out to be the first completed (to painted stage) for 2014. Whilst described as light buff, the regimental facing are often referred to and depicted as effectively white in the field and on campaign - so white they are. These are all Great War Miniatures. For th...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: January 2012
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Friday, January 27, 2012. Self Portrait by John Tenniel. Sir John Tenniel was a London born principle political cartoonist and illustrator of. In the second half of the nineteenth century. Born on 28th February 1820, he was 35 when the Crimean War unfolded: another artistic talent who had hit his prime at the time of Balaclava. Highly critical and often pushing the boundaries of his time, Tenniel’s cartoons lambasted what. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. John 'Blicky' Leec...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: 4eme Chasseurs d'Afrique: The Travellers - 4 from 6
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. 4eme Chasseurs d'Afrique: The Travellers - 4 from 6. Constantin Guys 1854 sketch of the Chasseurs d'Afrique made in the Crimea. Whilst I await a range of figures to include the Chasseurs d’Afrique in 28mm, I've put in a concerted effort to fill a glaring gap in my developing army list or order of battle for Balaclava. The normal wargaming reference world such as the cornerstone. 4eme ‘Traveller’ Chasseurs d’Afrique. Firstly, let me note that o...
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Do You Remember the 60s
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Do You Remember the 60s? No, not really, give me a break I was only a nipper. But this is what I do remember. If this stirs anything for you please email. With your memories, mine are fading fast. When, When I was Kid., Meant Something. View From the Balcony. Welcome to Garden Downs Estate. No Place Like Home. Our families staples were faggots, beef burgers (no buns, covered in gravy and onions), fish-fingers, stew with dumplings and meat and kidney pie (steak? Pretending We Are Out. For our area. BB...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: January 2013
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Discourse: Executing the Russian Plan. General Pavel Petrovich Liprandi 1858 c/-Wikipedia. Editions and having watched Richardson's. The Charge of the Light Brigade. When committing the cavalry with the Light Brigade as the spearhead, even if the Light Brigade had been directed to the redoubts and reached the guns on the causeway heights, who were they to have been supported by? What could they have hoped to achieve and at what cost? Irrespe...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: Book Review: The Destruction of Lord Raglan
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Tuesday, December 16, 2014. Book Review: The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He remains remembered for being inept; his mind wandering, dithering in imprecision and indecisiveness. Christopher Hibbert's The Destruction of Lord Raglan. Having said that, it remains a valuable addition to my library and I have enjoyed reading it for what it is and was intended to be - the first dedicated treatment of the downfall of Lord Raglan. For what followed after Balaclava; Inkerman,...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: Szathmary - Crimean Combat Photographer
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Szathmary - Crimean Combat Photographer. Carol Pop de Szathmari. Available for viewing on-line. The first image shown (left) is from the Royal Collection. And depicts Don Cossacks taken in 1854. The three soldiers depicted next (right) are Ottoman officers - a Captain, Colonel and Major taken also in 1854. Turkish artillery limber and crew (left) taken 1854. Turkish artillery officers (right) 1854. Three pictures can also be found at the Internati...
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build: July 2012
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Unlucky General's BALACLAVA Build. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Review: 'Into The Valley of Death' by Mollo, Mollo and Fosten. Any wargamer wishing to build either the British Light or Heavy cavalry brigades really must access this work. Researched and written by Borris and John Mollo, with illustrations by Bryan Foster, this work covers the organisation, drills, history, uniforms and equipment of the British cavalry division for the Crimean expedition of 1854. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Balaclava or Cr...
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