Saturday, 30 March 2024

Yesterday 1746

 


8 comments:

  1. Burnham Wood was a marching, I'd say! Ah, this is grist for The Reluctant Wargame. I am slowly getting my Hessians for the 1745 Project assembled. Thanks for sharing this!

    Eric

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  2. Looks like a great option for a Chance Card! :-)

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  3. LOL I thought of the connection to The Scottish Play too!

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  4. I too was reminded of that subtle Birnam Wood camouflage trick; the same evening or early next morning, the Jacobites could have done the same trick, approached the town and defeated the drunken Hessians. ‘Cry Wolf’ and all that …

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  5. "Hessians? Huorns will deal with them", said Treebeard

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  6. Ah Dunkeld, not so quiet those years before when the Cameronians held it against the odds, only for so many of them to fall at Steinkirke [other spellings are available].
    I have the Cameronians but no Hessians.
    Dunkeld's a lovely place to visit.
    Stephen

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  7. Thanks for this, Alan.
    My Hessians continue to assemble also but. I suspect, even more slowly than Eric's at least as far as painting is concerned. And I must get an order for the outstanding figures off to F&D.

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  8. If I did that in a wargame I suspect there'd be a certain amount of unhappiness from the players.

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