Blucher at Beilenberg
Last night our miniatures were deployed for an 1813 game between a Russo-Prussian army under Blucher and and the French under Ney. Unfortunately I failed to take many photos of the game and with a late...
View ArticleOn Campaign with the Archduke
It has been a while since I have posted some game photos here so it seemed a worthwhile venture to post a few photos of last Friday’s multiplayer game. Alas, it won’t be a full battle report as time...
View ArticleFrench Valour & Prussian Resolve
I have been distracted over the last few months as we have been moving house. As a result finding time to post game reports has been difficult. In the process of cleaning up some files I have however...
View ArticleNapoleon’s Revenge
Friday evening found six locals assembled for another multiplayer Volley & Bayonet game. This time the game was set in 1813 and involved a French army of three corps engaged against an allied army...
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Unterdorf, August 1813
The Spring Campaign of 1813 had been a difficult time for the Allies but the Armistice had proved something of a reprieve. By August however the campaign was renewed. Ney had been ordered to strike...
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Napoleon’s Road to Waterloo
There is no doubt the battle of Waterloo has something of a draw for me. A dramatic battle that ended the Napoleonic Wars and part of a campaign that could have developed very differently. The Volley...
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Wellington’s Anglo-Allied Army
With Napoleon’s forces assembled for the Hundred Days Campaign it was time to progress the Allies. As I have previously mentioned I have in the past refought Waterloo in 6mm using Volley &...
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On the Road to Brussels & Namur
On the evening of the 18th of June 2021 a group of six players and an umpire gathered for a multiplayer Volley & Bayonet game to mark the anniversary of the Battles of Waterloo & Wavre. In...
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Altensdorf, October 1813
Over the weekend five of us assembled for a fictional engagement to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig. Our action draws on many of the historical formations present at the historical...
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Recent Encounters
Over recent months a few additional reports of Volley & Bayonet games have been added to my On Campaign with Volley & Bayonet site. Readers may recall my desire to more regularly record my 6mm...
View ArticleRevisiting Teugn-Hausen
This week we have managed to refight another historical battle, specifically the Battle of Teugn-Hausen, an opening battle from the 1809 Campaign. It is, in my view an interesting battle to refight...
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View ArticleSaxon Army – 1809
I find the 1809 campaign rather fascinating. This colourful campaign, with muddled orders, setbacks and hard fighting is for me difficult to resist. With much of the French army busy in Spain it fell...
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Bavarian Army – 1809
Following my earlier post on representing the Saxons in the 1809 campaign we now take a look at the Bavarians. The Bavarians provided the largest allied contingent from Napoleon’s German Allies for...
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Dwellings in the Peninsular
Last month has seen a little more time spent on terrain, including some towns for a long overdue Peninsular project. My initial focus was on modelling some small poorer towns. Now, unfortunately in...
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