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For Ye Kinge: The Royalist raiders move south-west
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Sunday, 15 February 2015. The Royalist raiders move south-west. The Royalists had turned east after their attack on Amesbury then doubled back slightly as if returning northwards but then veered south-west and swooped on Stockbridge. The Parliamentarian garrision of a company of foot took refuge in the church, contained there by the dragoons. While the horse set about their work, burning supplies and firing houses . 15 February 2015 at 08:28.
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For Ye Kinge: August 2014
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Wednesday, 27 August 2014. Wardour Castle falls . Sir Warwick Hunt had secured Sarisbury, but his forces were stretched. He had garrisoned Wilton nearby to command the approach to the city from the west; Romsey to keep a link with Southampton; and Stockbridge to hold the river crossing on the road to Winchester. Much to his delight Longford castle, a fortified residence, a few miles to the south-east of Sarisbury had surrendered. An argument...
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For Ye Kinge: October 2014
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Monday, 27 October 2014. Fiddling with artillery . I decided I needed some more variety in the cannon used for my ECW games; preferably a couple of lighter guns. So I embarked on a little bit of conversion work. Raw materials, a 40mm saker (at the back) and a 28mm cannon at the front with a spare gun barrel. Converted guns painted and shown in use in a mixed battery. Wednesday, 22 October 2014. Petard team - conversions/modelling work done.
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For Ye Kinge: Muster near Harnham ...
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Saturday, 14 March 2015. Muster near Harnham . The Parliamentarians had been reorganising, bringing together disparate garrison companies and some new volunteers to form two new regiments. These will be used to garrison Wilton, Sarisbury and Stockbridge, freeing up troops for action in the field. On the outskirts of Harnham near Sarisbury, Sir Warwick Hunt reviews the newly mustered regiments of foot. 14 March 2015 at 08:38. TMP ECW Message ...
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For Ye Kinge: January 2015
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Sunday, 11 January 2015. Parliament Organises; the Royalists prepare for action . At Sarisbury in the south of Wiltshire Sir Warwick Hunt was in discussion with his officers. Now they needed to take the fight to Royalist in the north of the county, they were short of troops. They decided to raise two more regiments of foot from the local area to release the better quality troops currently in use as garrisons for field duty. English Civil War...
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For Ye Kinge: April 2014
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Saturday, 19 April 2014. Sir William heads for home . After Cheriton the Royalist forces had been scattered - most of the horse remaining had gone north with Hopton and Forth to Oxford; of the poor foot, most had either surrendered or been cut down - however some had made it to Winchester and sought refuge in the castle and city. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sir William heads for home . 17C Pike and Shot and related Blogs. Nasrid Kingdom of G...
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For Ye Kinge: The Royalists make their move ......
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Sunday, 8 February 2015. The Royalists make their move . The Royalist raiding column had reached Pewsey without incident; they rested over for a day but there departure was delayed by 2 days of heavy rain. After the ground had dried out sufficiently they set off and reached their first target a few miles away at Collingbourne Ducis - beating up the quarters of the Parliamentarian dragoon outpost . They then formed up and headed south . The R...
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For Ye Kinge: Royalist column Intercepted at Ludgershall ....
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Saturday, 21 February 2015. Royalist column Intercepted at Ludgershall . The Royalist raiding column is on their way back home, as they near Ludgershall they see Parliamentarian horse on the edge of the town. Sir Warwick Hunt leads the parliamentarian horse out of Ludgershall . And deploys them across the road blocking the royalist column. The royalist horse form up and their dragoons head to positions on the flanks. A Victory for ye Kinge.
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My Personal World of Wargaming | Leaden Ships and Tin Men
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Leaden Ships and Tin Men. A Journal of wargaming in the smaller scales. Jutland Centenary →. My Personal World of Wargaming. Posted by Guillaume d'Guy. Although I am passionately interested in wargaming the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which I blog about at In Red-coat Rags Attired. I started this blog, Leaden Ships and Tin Men. I am also working out a fantasy war,set in an alternate history Cornwall of the fifteenth century, which has its own blog, Signa et Portenta. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are c...
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For Ye Kinge: Royalists move towards Hurstbourne Manor
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A cavalier aproach to mid-17th Century Pike and Shot Wargaming. Thursday, 6 August 2015. Royalists move towards Hurstbourne Manor. Continued from the previous post . The Whitchurch parliamentary town garrison reformed by the manor farm. Reinforced by some men from the manor they then lined the hedge rows and a setup a barricade across the road . The royalist foot start their advance towards the manor . As they near a small wood the parliamentary musketeers open fire . The main body of the royalist army a...