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Newly discovered Peninsular War diary of Captain John Orr, a foot soldier who later helped shape military education in Scotland.
By Rosslyn Macphail I found, in an old family cabin trunk, Captain John Orr’s Peninsular War diary and some notes he wrote in old age....
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May 510 min read
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Dirty Work at the Crossroads
The light cavalry and the British regime in 1815 Waterloo and London By Andrew Lydon 'Stop them!' a cavalry colonel shouted. He pointed,...
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Apr 2118 min read
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Trafalgar Tales
By Samuel Moore On this day in 1805 the Battle of Trafalgar (the last great sea battle in the age of sail) was fought. 219 years later...
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Oct 21, 202417 min read
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Born on the Battlefield: an Alternative View on the “Men of Waterloo”
By Graeme Callister The men who fought and died at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 are reasonably well known, but there is another lesser-known...
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
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