October 2019
WW1, a German View – the Last Years of Cavalry
WW1, a German View – the Last Years of Cavalry Austro-Hungarian Cavalry 1914 I’ve always been fascinated by how much the “feel” of the world of 1914 [...]
The Loss of HMS Sceptre, 1799
The Loss of HMS Sceptre, 1799 When thinking about war at sea in the Age of Fighting Sail one’s attention is immediately drawn to the ferocity of [...]
The Ram Triumphant: Lissa 1866, Part 2
The Ram Triumphant: Lissa 1866 Part 2 Part 1 of this article (click here to read it if you missed it) saw the Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von [...]
The Ram Triumphant: Lissa 1866, Part 1
The Ram Triumphant: Lissa 1866 Part 1 In 1864 the Austrian Empire joined with the Kingdom of Prussia to inflict a crushing defeat on the small nation [...]
The Death of a ’74’ – HMS Minotaur, 1810
The Death of a '74' – HMS Minotaur, 1810 An earlier blog article on this site described the loss of four large Royal Navy ships in a [...]
September 2019
Disobedience triumphs – Guadeloupe 1759
Honour insulted, Disobedience triumphs – Guadeloupe 1759 The incident at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 when Nelson put his telescope to his blind eye and stated [...]