Thank you.

Ta - daah! 

Quote from: holdfast on 05 December 2014, 03:44:23 PM
Thank you.

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Mollinary

Did it so that Cameronian can copy and paste

Quote from: holdfast on 05 December 2014, 04:35:46 PM
Did it so that Cameronian can copy and paste

 

Quote from: holdfast on 05 December 2014, 02:05:04 PM
Ref the Swiepwald book, I would say that 60% of the value lies in the maps, which is what makes the book so remarkable. The text is welcome, but there are a lot of regimental histories out there, and they do tend to reflect the distilled memories from many years later, some of which are just occasionally different from the memories of other people who were also there in a slightly different situation. The Russian saying 'he lies like an eye-witness' comes to mind.

Until we have the entire text in English I don't believe its possible to quantify benefits in terms of percentages; let's wait until publication and reserve judgement 'till then.

Quote from: holdfast on 05 December 2014, 03:01:33 PM

Finally, for Hertsblue, we have it in mind to stage one of the games on  Sunday 26 April 2015 so if he is going to go to Salute the day before, then he is invited to return home via Suffolk in order to participate in one of the games. If he manages to read this far, that is.

Thank you for the explanation, Holdfast. I hadn't realised the process was quite that complicated. Inasmuch as I can rarely plan further than the next 24 hours, I may just take you up on that invitation, although London to east Herts via Suffolk is no-one's idea of a straight line.

The process is indeed complicated because we look at each action through several different perspectives. That helps tell us where an outcome is on the bell curve of possibility. The trouble happens when an event occurs which appears to contradict all logic. At Koniggratz the main illogical event is seven Austrian brigades throwing themselves into the Swiepwald in utter defiance of their orders. So one of our games will have to be the Austrian right assuming that the Prussians were contained in the Swiepwald by artillery - as happened in the Holawald.
This is why Vol 8 s such a spiffing book and so will vol 12 be, but they do involve a lot of research to avoid what Paddy Griffith called tactical snippeting, ie finding the one example which best supports your theory and paying less attention to the other more numerous examples that don't. Like the endless debate about cavalry breaking formed squares.

Ref Hertsblue's itinerary, are you close enough to Bury St Edmunds to be able to drive over for the day? If so, that offers more options.

Quote from: holdfast on 06 December 2014, 02:53:47 PM

Ref Hertsblue's itinerary, are you close enough to Bury St Edmunds to be able to drive over for the day? If so, that offers more options.

Seventy-two miles or one and a half hours, door to door, according to the AA's route finder.

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