Background The Battle of Raab (Hungarian: Győri csata) was fought on 14 June 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, between Franco-Italian forces and Habsburg forces. The battle was fought near Győr(Raab), Kingdom of Hungary, and ended in a Franco-Italian…
Month: August 2018
Battle of Gitschen, June 1866
Background The Battle of Gitschin or Jičín (German: Schlacht bei Gitschin) was a battle of the Austro-Prussian War on 29 June 1866, ending with a Prussian victory over the Austrian forces. There is a memorial there today at Jičín in the Czech Republic. On June 29, 1866 after…
In Her Majesty’s Name, Following the Mangoky
Along the Mongoky lies the old French trading station of Le Pique. The small outpost is being terrorized by a local land baron Bartholomew Bogue and his men. After repeated calls from…
Battle of Mollwitz, April 1741
Background The Battle of Mollwitz was fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession). It was the first battle of the new Prussian King Frederick…
Battle of Ramillies, May 1706
The Battle of Ramillies fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England, and the Dutch Republic – the battle had followed an indecisive…
In Her Majesty’s Name – Into the Emerald Valley Pulp Game
The final pages of Col. Henricks diary were found in the Zanzibar Museum of Antiquities. The old curator did not give it up easily, but nothing a few pounds sterling could not…
Battle of Liegnitz, August 1760
Background In August 1760, Frederick’s army opposed the Austro-Russian invasion of Silesia. On August 14, a Russian army under the command of count Piotr Semionovitch Saltykov crossed the Oder and encamped at Grossbresa (unidentified location)…
Battle of Salamanca, July 1812
Background In Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as “Battle of Arapiles”) an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont’s French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22 July 1812 during…
Battle of Kiev, September 1941
Background The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest…