Thursday, 15 May 2025

The Bizarre Battle of Bossenden Wood

 Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. He says

'Over two issues of Military Modelling back in 1986 Ian Knight (with illustrations by Richard Scollins) told the story of the last battle fought on English soil - The Battle of Bossenden Wood 1838'








Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Last Battle of the Civil War

 The Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill, is considered by some criteria the final battle of the American Civil War. It was fought May 12 and 13, 1865, on the banks of the Rio Grande east of Brownsville, Texas, and a few miles from the seaport of Los Brazos de Santiago, at the southern tip of Texas. 

Battlebags

 Got this book in a chazza (charity shop) yesterday. Very interesting. Quite a labour of love researching it apparently.


Sunday, 11 May 2025

The Rifleman (2019) | Trailer

 Adapted from the book Blizzard of Souls by Aleksandrs Grins and based on true events, THE RIFLEMAN pays stark witness to the horrors and brutality of the First World War. Too young to fight but old enough to die, sixteen-year-old Arturs enlists to serve on the Eastern Front with dreams of becoming a hero. Conscripted into one of Latvia’s first national battalions, he soon discovers the grim reality of trench warfare. Fighting alongside his father and brother, Arturs experiences the loss of his home and loved ones while growing up surrounded by constant danger and death on the battlefield.