Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

Started by Leon, 24 February 2013, 05:21:09 PM

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"British Napoleonic Field Artillery" by CE Franklin gives an 1808 Horse Artillery troop as 167 men, 56 riding and 108 draught horses, 6 guns, 6 ammunition wagons, forge wagon, baggage cart, curricle, and a spare wheel carriage. 8 horses per limber, 6 per ammunition wagon.





Did I see a forge wagon in the ACW range?
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07 April 2021, 08:10:13 PM #3136 Last Edit: 07 April 2021, 08:18:44 PM by fsn
Quote from: Matt J on 07 April 2021, 07:04:28 PM
That's some great work FSN!
Quote from: Techno II on 07 April 2021, 05:44:26 PM
Superb stuff, my friend....Who's been a busy chap ? ;)
Quote from: Orcs on 07 April 2021, 02:05:36 PM
Very impressive Nobby.
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Quote from: Matt J on 07 April 2021, 07:04:28 PM
Although  at first glanced at the blue cloth I though you were doing Trafalgar
I have blue, dark blue and black permanently on the table for water, sky and night as required. I thought the blue would make things stand out better.  :D
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fred.

Some good detail there - sounds very similar in size to the WWI artillery batteries.

Quote from: fsn on 07 April 2021, 08:07:16 PM
Did I see a forge wagon in the ACW range?

I think you might of. There are lots of good horse artillery and transport bits in the ACW ranges
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An excellent display.
If I were a French Marshal I'd be nervous.
Unless I was Ney, who didn't appear to do nerves.

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Is a "curricle" a wagon for transporting spicy food? 
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Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 08 April 2021, 09:48:41 AM
An excellent display.
Thank you. I'm looking forward to getting it finished.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 08 April 2021, 09:48:41 AM
If I were a French Marshal I'd be nervous.
Unless I was Ney, who didn't appear to do nerves.
There were a few like that, weren't there? Murat strikes me as a mad son of a thousand fathers (yes I know he wasn't at Waterloo.)

 
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 :-bd =D> :-bd

=D> =D> =D>

The troops stand out very well against a blue background ;)
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Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2021, 09:51:18 AM
Is a "curricle" a wagon for transporting spicy food? 


You utter Oik !
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Hi

Regarding artillery, in Mark Adkin's 'The Waterloo Companion' there is an excellent diagram/map showing the deployment of the French grand battery (of around 80 guns if memory serves) showing every gun, limber, 1st, 2nd and 3rd line caissons and 'specialist' wagons (forges, spare carriages, spare wheels etc.). How any of d'Erlon's divisions managed to move through that lot is beyond me, in fact I read a book (I think it was Andrew Field's 'Waterloo, The French Perspective') that has at least two of d'Erlon's divisions marching completely around the eastern end of the grand battery before deploying rather than moving through the deployed batteries.

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08 April 2021, 08:33:46 PM #3145 Last Edit: 08 April 2021, 08:56:25 PM by fsn
Adkin's book is a wonderful volume.





Of course on page 46 it shows 1st Brit Cav brigade with two 1st Life Guards as opposed to one 1st Life Guards and one 1st Dragoon Guards.
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If I may channel my internal Valley Girl:

OMG!

OMG!

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5 ... Like 5 Pendraken Orders are on their way to me! Ijustcan'tbelieve it. Thisisthegreatestdayever! OMG! OMG! I'msoexcitedIjustweed.



In a more serious vein: you have to admire Pendraken for getting orders out in the middle of of a move.

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I wondered about that pic when I saw it :-.

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Quote from: T13A on 08 April 2021, 08:24:33 PM
Hi

Regarding artillery, in Mark Adkin's 'The Waterloo Companion' there is an excellent diagram/map showing the deployment of the French grand battery (of around 80 guns if memory serves) showing every gun, limber, 1st, 2nd and 3rd line caissons and 'specialist' wagons (forges, spare carriages, spare wheels etc.). How any of d'Erlon's divisions managed to move through that lot is beyond me, in fact I read a book (I think it was Andrew Field's 'Waterloo, The French Perspective') that has at least two of d'Erlon's divisions marching completely around the eastern end of the grand battery before deploying rather than moving through the deployed batteries.

Cheers Paul

Things like this convinced me that a lot of the "old style" Horse and Musket rules - with their rigid interpretations of base dimensions and strict formations - were simply wrong.

It didn't help that my armies often ended up in a traffic jam resembling Piccadilly Circus at rush hour.