This superb bundle has been put-together to represent the Napoleonic French Grand Battery tactic – the massed guns waiting to rain fire down upon the enemy! The set contains three packs of Victrix French Napoleonic Foot Artillery 1804 to 1812, and a metal mounted French officer to command them, absolutely FREE! Nine guns – a choice of 8pdr or…
Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted.
Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
Rockets were used by the Royal Marines and the Royal Artillery extensively during the War of 1812 campaigns of 1814; the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, the Plattsburg campaign, the Chesapeake campaign battles of Bladensburg and North Point and lastly, the Battle of New Orleans. Pack contains 1 metal rocketeer, 1 metal horse and 1…
New York – 1776, General Washington has been preparing his defences since April. After leading British troops to victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill, General William Howe took command of all British forces in America. General Howe plans an attack with a precision hitherto unknown in British operations in north America. His reinvigorated army…
March 1776 – Continental artillery is placed overlookiing the city of Boston forcing the evacuation of the British forces. For the next five years, the main bodies of the Continental and British armies campaigned against one another in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. These campaigns included the notable battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown,…
It was a rare thing for a general in the 17th Century to take to the field without an artillery train to intimidate and pulverise the enemy lines. These cannon and mortars were terrifying weapons, belching smoke and flames with a frightening roar that no simple country lad was likely to have heard before. The…
Resenting taxes imposed by the British parliament, patriot protests escalate to a peak on December 16, 1773 with the destruction of a shipment of tea, known as ‘the Boston Tea Party’. The British government punished Massachusetts by closing the port of Boston and taking away self-government. The Patriots responded by setting up a shadow government…
Woe betide enemies of Rome who thought themselves safe behind their stockade, earthern rampart or high stone wall.All the fortifications in the world would count for naught when the Roman legions brought up
Graham Davey
Andy Hobday