Napoleonic War Archives - Military Muddling

Trafalgar Day: This Friday 21 October

This Friday marks the 217th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805. I decided to find out a bit more about the battle. I was fascinated by Nelson’s strategy to attack the Franco-Spanish fleet. I wonder, how would a war game around this engagement or any other naval engagement be designed? What do […]

By Deborah Southwell
October 17, 2022
In Game idea
Tagged anniversary , Battle of Trafalgar , Cape Espartal , Cape Trafalgar , Deborah Southwell , HMS Victory , Horatio Nelson , Napoleonic War , naval battle , naval strategy , naval tactics , Naval warfare , Nelson , Royal Navy , Spain , Strait of Gibraltar , strategy , tactical , tactics , Trafalgar , Trafalgar Day , Villeneuve

Movies: Revolutionary Period 1664AD- 1848AD

The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 The Duellists(1977) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 France, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d’Hubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years. The Pride and the Passion (1957) (Dave Boundy) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050858/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 During the Napoleonic […]

By Deborah Southwell
February 24, 2022
In At the Movies
Tagged Battle of Waterloo , Belgium , Carbonari , Deborah Southwell , France , Horatio Hornblower , India , Italy , Jack Aubrey , Napoleon , Napoleonic War , Revolutionary Period , Richard Sharpe , Rome , Russia , Thomas Cochrane , Winston Churchill