Von Moltke

Military History. Focus on the Long 19th Century and WW1, 1789-1919. Formerly Stand Your Ground

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Good morning everybody!

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New project: Battle of Quatre Bras. This is an, unfinished, officer of the Dutch 27th Jager Batallion.

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Finalized my British 1815. King’s Own 4th Regiment, 1st Batallion.

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On 6 and 13 July 1801 naval battles took place between French / Spanish and British vessels at Algeçiras, #Spain. Although a French / Spanish victory, the relationship between both countries was severed as a result of the battle where Spanish ships were sacrified to save French.

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2 July 1798: After landing his troops at Marabout in #Egypt and a forced march during the night, French forces under Napoleon attacked #Alexandria and captured the city after a short battle. They held the city until the British expedition in 1801.

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Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) was one of Napoleons biggest adversaries during the #NapoleonicWars. Alexander had a special relationship with Napoleon but eventually ended up contributing greatly to his fall and fought him until he eventually invaded Paris in April 1814.

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#Waterloo #Battle #Map #NapoleonicWars

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On June 15 1800, at the Convention of Alessandria, Austrian General Melas sued for an armistice and surrendered his troops in the Milanese, Piedmont and Lombardy and withdrew his forces east of the River Ticino. #NapoleonicWars #Austria #France

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Aldeatajada is where #Wellington moved Pakenham's 3rd Division on 21 July 1812. Pakenham scattered the leading division of Marmont's army and thus opening the Allied attack on #Salamanca. #PeninsularWar #NapoleonicWars

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Britain, (pre-ind) India & Japan drove Germany & Austria out of China. Chased across Pacific & finally cornered in the #Falklands https://t.co/C6oH2tkcMn

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Today in 1914 a larger #British squadron destroyed the #German East Asia Squadron at the Battle of the #Falklands. #WW1 #FirstWorldWar

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Today in 1912 the German Imperial War Council was held in #Berlin where the highest German military leaders discussed tensions in #Europe

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Today in 1907 Gustaf V became King of #Sweden after his father died. Gustaf V reigned till his death in 1950, at the age of 92.

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For a Hussar pomp equals ferocity. The Earl of Uxbridge wore these very items at the Battle of Waterloo. The French ruined his trousers. @NTPlasNewydd

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@RickenRich That’s nice of you.

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Wow it’s been a while since my last tweet! I’ve been busy. #painting #miniatures #wargaming

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Today in 1870 #France declared war on #Prussia marking the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war.

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Today in 1864, after 4 months, the Third Battle of Nanking ended in decisive Qing victory and which left over 200.000 Taiping rebels dead.

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Today in 1821 George IV was crowned as king of the #UnitedKingdom. He would only reign for 9 years until his death on 26 June 1830.